Title :
Annual and seasonal energy rating of mono-Si, a-Si and GaAs test cells for the USA by the RRC method
Author :
A. Raicu;K. Heidler;G. Klei;K. Bucher
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Solar Energy Syst., Freiburg, Germany
fDate :
6/13/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The realistic reporting conditions (RRC) efficiency gives a site-dependent characterization for solar cells, accounting for differences due to the variability of specific meteorological conditions. A strong site and cell material dependence resulted for the deviation of the RRC efficiency from the SRC (standard reporting conditions) efficiency. The calculation was performed for three test cells (mono-Si, GaAs, and a-Si) and ten sites in the USA. Neither SRC nor NOCT (nominal operating cell temperature) conditions allow a realistic energy rating of solar cells: deviations of the RRC efficiency from the SRC efficiency of up to 18% were obtained on a yearly basis and up to 34% on a monthly basis.
Keywords :
"Gallium arsenide","Photovoltaic cells","Meteorology","Temperature distribution","Materials testing","Temperature measurement","Temperature dependence","Solar energy","Performance evaluation","MONOS devices"
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the Twenty Second IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-636-5
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.1991.169308
