9. Conclusion
In this paper, we conclude that the efficiency of the solar cells
will increase by integrating the thermoelectric device with the
solar cells forming a hybrid system.
The thermoelectric module is operated in cooling mode and
attached at the back side of the solar cells. This result has improved
the performance of solar cells and its efficiency increases by 0.5%
per o
C decrease in temperature. The hybrid PV/TEM system proposed
for PV applications in hot sites give good performances while
the additional cost is about 6% of the total cost of classical PV