New instrumentation for measuring spectral effects during outdoor and indoor PV device testing

Author

Cannon, Theodore W. ; Hulstrom, Roland L. ; Trudell, David T.

Author_Institution

Nat. Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

10-14 May 1993

Firstpage

1176

Lastpage

1179

Abstract

It is well known that the performance of any photovoltaic (PV) device is a function of the spectral response of the device and the spectral content of the optical radiation. In a PV device testing environment, the spectral characteristics of the radiation must be taken into account. The purpose of this work is to describe some instrumentation being developed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to quantify spectral characteristics for both outdoor and indoor test environments for solar cells

Keywords

calibration; instrumentation; optical variables measurement; semiconductor device testing; solar cells; test equipment; test facilities; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; PV device testing; indoor testing; instrumentation; optical radiation; outdoor testing; performance; solar cells; spectral characteristics; spectral effects; spectral response; testing environment; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Charge measurement; Current measurement; Instruments; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Testing; Time measurement; Water;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1993., Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE

Conference_Location

Louisville, KY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1220-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1993.346956

Filename

346956