37 x 66mm Polycrystalline Solar Cell

This big brother of the SCC3733 is also an epoxy-encapsulated polycrystalline solar cell, but this one offers 8 volts and 44mA in a 37 x 66mm package!

Nominally rated at 6.7V and 30mA, direct-sunlight tests show just over 8V open-circuit, and 44mA short-circuit!

Epoxy protects the 14 cells mounted on a PCB backplane, making these very robust. You won't risk breaking these like the old glass-backed cells. These new cells also feature a SOT123 footprint on the backside for installing a user supplied parallel-wired zener diode for over-voltage protection.

Solstice 2007 - Solarcell Tests