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I know how dark current is produced, but what if its high and how does it affect, say solar cell?
spoonfeeder said:I know how dark current is produced, but what if its high and how does it affect, say solar cell?
spoonfeeder said:It’s a relatively small electric current that flows through a photosensitive device when no photons are entering the device.
How does it affect the device when its high?
Dark current is the flow of electrons in a detector or sensor in the absence of any light. It is caused by thermal energy, which excites electrons and causes them to move through the material.
Dark current can affect scientific measurements by introducing noise into the data, making it difficult to distinguish between the signal and the background. This can result in inaccurate or misleading results.
Several factors can contribute to a high dark current, including temperature, material properties, and the design of the detector. Higher temperatures can increase the thermal energy and therefore the dark current. Materials with higher bandgap energies also tend to have lower dark currents.
High dark current can be reduced by cooling the detector, using materials with lower bandgap energies, and improving the design of the detector to minimize thermal noise. Some detectors also have a dark current subtraction feature that can help remove the noise from the data.
In some cases, high dark current can actually be beneficial. For example, in low-light conditions, a higher dark current can help improve the signal-to-noise ratio and increase the sensitivity of the detector. However, in most scientific measurements, high dark current is undesirable and efforts are made to reduce it.