Temperature-dependent spectral mismatch corrections

Osterwald, Carl R.; Campanelli, Mark; Moriarty, Tom; Emery, Keith A.; Williams, Rafell

doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2459914

Title: Temperature-dependent spectral mismatch corrections

Abstract

This study develops the mathematical foundation for a translation of solar cell short-circuit current from one thermal and spectral irradiance operating condition to another without the use of ill-defined and error-prone temperature coefficients typically employed in solar cell metrology. Using the partial derivative of quantum efficiency with respect to temperature, the conventional isothermal expression for spectral mismatch corrections is modified to account for changes of current due to temperature; this modification completely eliminates the need for short-circuit-current temperature coefficients. An example calculation is provided to demonstrate use of the new translation.

Authors:

Osterwald, Carl R. ^[1]; Campanelli, Mark ^[1]; Moriarty, Tom ^[1]; Emery, Keith A. ^[1]; Williams, Rafell ^[1]

National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Publication Date:: Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

OSTI Identifier:: 1235229

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5J00-64369
Journal ID: ISSN 2156-3381

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2156-3381

Publisher:: IEEE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; photovoltaic cells; photovoltaic modules; solar cells; characterizations; metrology; measurement; short circuit current (ISC); temperature coefficients; spectral irradiance

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                    Osterwald, Carl R., Campanelli, Mark, Moriarty, Tom, Emery, Keith A., and Williams, Rafell. Temperature-dependent spectral mismatch corrections.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
Web.  doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2459914.

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                    Osterwald, Carl R., Campanelli, Mark, Moriarty, Tom, Emery, Keith A., & Williams, Rafell. Temperature-dependent spectral mismatch corrections.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2459914

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                    Osterwald, Carl R., Campanelli, Mark, Moriarty, Tom, Emery, Keith A., and Williams, Rafell. Sun .  
"Temperature-dependent spectral mismatch corrections".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2459914.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1235229.

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@article{osti_1235229,

  title        = {Temperature-dependent spectral mismatch corrections},

  author       = {Osterwald, Carl R. and Campanelli, Mark and Moriarty, Tom and Emery, Keith A. and Williams, Rafell},

  abstractNote = {This study develops the mathematical foundation for a translation of solar cell short-circuit current from one thermal and spectral irradiance operating condition to another without the use of ill-defined and error-prone temperature coefficients typically employed in solar cell metrology. Using the partial derivative of quantum efficiency with respect to temperature, the conventional isothermal expression for spectral mismatch corrections is modified to account for changes of current due to temperature; this modification completely eliminates the need for short-circuit-current temperature coefficients. An example calculation is provided to demonstrate use of the new translation.},

  doi          = {10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2459914},

  journal      = {IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics},

  number       = 6,

  volume       = 5,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

}

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