Characterization of Photovoltaic Concentrators

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2005

OSTI ID:860840

Kiehl, J; Emery, E

This paper will describe the resources at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for performing characterization of photovoltaic (PV) materials designed for operation under concentrated light. NREL has the capability to measure devices ranging from very small, unencapsulated research cells to reasonably sized, environmentally protected modules. Data gathering and interpretation are also ongoing areas of revision and improvement. The main goal of the current research is to reduce the measurement uncertainty to the lowest practical value. At present, the state of the art is limited at a ?5% level in measuring efficiency accurately.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 860840
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-520-37043; TRN: US200524%%332
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Presented at the 2004 DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program Review Meeting, 25-28 October 2004, Denver, Colorado. Also included in the proceedings available on CD-ROM (DOE/GO-102005-2067; NREL/CD-520-37140)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CONCENTRATORS
EFFICIENCY
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
SOLAR ENERGY
PV
CHARACTERIZATION
MEASURE DEVICES
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM (DAQ)
PULSE-FORMING NETWORK (PFN)
HIGH INTENSITY PULSED SOLAR SIMULATOR (HIPSS)
OUTDOOR CONCENTRATOR I-V SYSTEM (OCIV)
LAMP DISCHARGE VOLTAGE
Solar Energy - Photovoltaics