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Title: Apparatus and method for highly accelerated life testing of solar cells

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1532131
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An apparatus is provided for highly accelerated life testing (HALT) of multi-junction solar cells according to a method that utilizes a high vacuum chamber, as well as lenses and windows transparent to broad spectrum solar radiation from typically a single source to house packaged solar chips and temperature monitoring and control means during testing, thereby allowing substantially greater control of environmental variables such as temperature, atmospheric composition, and light spectrum than is currently available.

Research Organization:
Solar Junction Corp., San Jose, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
NAT-0-99013-03
Assignee:
Solar Junction Corporation (San Jose, CA)
Patent Number(s):
8,860,424
Application Number:
13/407,446
OSTI ID:
1532131
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012-02-28
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (11)

Method of Testing Durability of CIS Based Thin-Film Solar Cell Module patent-application March 2009
Method and apparatus for accelerated life testing of a solar cell patent-application November 2002
Solar simulator and method for driving the same patent April 2009
Liquid Phase Etching Method and Liquid Phase Etching Apparatus patent-application August 2008
Vacuum processing apparatus, and a film deposition apparatus and a film deposition method both using the vacuum processing apparatus patent January 2001
Temperature Control System patent-application March 2012
Measuring apparatus and method for measuring characteristic of solar cell patent October 2003
Fast heating and cooling apparatus for semiconductor wafers patent-application August 2005
Method and apparatus for testing photovoltaic solar cells using multiple pulsed light sources patent November 2000
Flexible Thermal Cycle Test Equipment for Concentrator Solar Cells patent-application February 2010
Internal Member of a Plasma Processing Vessel patent-application December 2010

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