Spectracube: a fast spectroradiometer for pulsed simulator spectral mismatch corrections [for solar cell testing]

Author

Zaaiman, W.J. ; Ossenbrink, H.A. ; Mertens, M.

Author_Institution

Joint Res. Centre, Commission of the Eur. Communities, Ispra, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Dec 1994

Firstpage

877

Abstract

This paper describes the principle of the SpectraCube. The instrument consists of an array of independent detector modules. Each module has an optical band pass filter, apertures and a silicon photodiode as detector. During outdoor calibration at the European Solar Test Installation, a commercial spectroradiometer is used to determine the mismatch correction factor but no instrument is available to measure the spectral distribution of the laboratory large area pulsed solar simulators as the duration of the light pulse (2 ms) is by far to short for commercial spectroradiometers

Keywords

band-pass filters; calibration; optical filters; photodetectors; photodiodes; radiometers; radiometry; semiconductor device testing; solar cell arrays; solar cells; test equipment; test facilities; 2 ms; Si; SpectraCube instrument; apertures; detector; fast spectroradiometer; independent detector modules; laboratory large area pulsed solar simulators; optical band pass filter; outdoor calibration; photodiode; pulsed simulator spectral mismatch corrections; solar cell testing; spectral distribution; Apertures; Band pass filters; Detectors; Instruments; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Sensor arrays; Silicon; Spectroradiometers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1460-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.1994.520101

Filename

520101