A pn junction solar cell of area 1.0 cm2, illuminated uniformly with 100 mW cm-2, has the following parameters: Efficiency = 15%, open circuit voltage = 0.7 V, fill factor = 0.8, and thickness = 200 μm. The charge of an electron is 1.6 × 10-19 C. The average optical generation rate (in cm-3s-1) is

A pn junction solar cell of area 1.0 cm2, illuminated uniformly with 1

1.	A pn junction solar cell of area 1.0 cm2, illuminated uniformly with 100 mW cm-2, has the following parameters: Efficiency = 15%, open circuit voltage = 0.7 V, fill factor = 0.8, and thickness = 200 μm. The charge of an electron is 1.6 × 10-19 C. The average optical generation rate (in cm-3s-1) is
A.	0.84 × 1019
B.	5.57 × 1019
C.	1.04 × 1019
D.	83.60 × 1019
Answer» B. 5.57 × 1019

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