8. Discussion
The maximum Cell temperature without cooling is 83 C. The
obtained results show that the integrated system of SC/TEM can be
operated at 65 C of solar cell temperature without loss of SC. By
operating the solar cell at lower temperature, more power can be
drawn from it for the same solar irradiance as indicated in Fig. 17.
The cell temperature can be cooled down to 18 C which will
enhance life of solar cell. This experimental result can be used to
measure the increase in available power from cooling. Since integrating
the thermoelectric module with the solar cell can increase
efficiency of the system, additional cost of using thermoelectric
module is necessary, but this should be balanced with additional
output power from the system.