Solar boost refers to techniques and systems designed to enhance the performance of solar energy installations. In this example, you learn how to: Determine how to arrange the panels in terms of the number of series-connected strings and the number of panels per string to achieve the. A photovoltaic system is a system which uses one or more solar panels to convert solar energy into electricity. PV cells are made of semiconductor materials, when light energy strikes the solar cell, electrons are knocked loose from the atoms in the semiconductor material. This result can nearly realize MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) by using bi-directional buck.