Using Various Pulse Durations and Reference Cells on Long-Pulse Solar Simulator for CIGS Thin-Film PV Module Performance Measurements

Author

Liu, Alan Y. ; Shao, S.T. ; Chang, S.B.

Author_Institution

PV Module Testing Lab., Taiwan Electr. Res. & Testing Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan

fYear

2012

fDate

27-30 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper the influences of various pulse durations and reference cell types on CIGS thin-film PV module performance measurements with a long-pulse solar simulator are presented. Pulse duration between 50ms to 1050ms is chosen by long-pulse solar simulator in the study. The differences of module performance caused by using monolysilicon and polysilicon reference cells with/without EVA, respectively, to monitor simulator irradiance are compared. Furthermore, measurements uncertainty of testing laboratory is discussed in study for estimating the capacity of PV module indoor testing.

Keywords

copper compounds; elemental semiconductors; gallium compounds; indium compounds; measurement uncertainty; semiconductor thin films; silicon; solar cells; ternary semiconductors; CIGS thin-film PV module performance measurements; Cu(GaIn)Se₂; EVA; PV module indoor testing; Si; long-pulse solar simulator; measurements uncertainty; monolysilicon reference cells; polysilicon reference cells; pulse durations; reference cells; simulator irradiance; testing laboratory; time 50 ms to 1050 ms; Current measurement; IEC standards; Measurement uncertainty; Pulse measurements; Testing; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering and Technology (S-CET), 2012 Spring Congress on

Conference_Location

Xian

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1965-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SCET.2012.6341935

Filename

6341935