Errors in short circuit current measurements due to spectral mismatch between sunlight and solar simulators

Conference · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1975

OSTI ID:7310840

Curtis, H. B.

Errors in short-circuit-current measurement were calculated for a variety of spectral mismatch conditions. Parameters included were the differences in spectral irradiance between terrestrial sunlight and three types of solar simulator, as well as the differences in spectral response between three types of reference solar cells and various test cells. The simulators considered are a short-arc xenon-lamp AMO sunlight simulator, an ordinary quartz halogen lamp, and ELH-type quartz-halogen lamp. The three types of solar cell are a silicon cell, a cadmium sulfide cell and a gallium arsenide cell.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, OH (USA). Lewis Research Center
• DOE Contract Number: EX-76-A-29-1022
• OSTI ID: 7310840
• Report Number(s): ERDA/NASA/1022-76/3; CONF-761129-5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140501* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion
CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ERRORS
GALLIUM ARSENIDE SOLAR CELLS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SILICON SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR SIMULATORS
SPECTRA
TESTING