Laboratory instrumentation and techniques for characterizing multi-junction solar cells for space applications

Author

Woodyard, James R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

13-17 May 1996

Firstpage

203

Lastpage

206

Abstract

An integrated system is described which consists of a spectral radiometer and dual-source solar simulator, and personal computer-based current-voltage and quantum efficiency equipment. The apparatus was used to measure the dependence of the absolute external quantum efficiency of triple-junction a-Si:H alloy solar cells. The cells were measured under AM0 light bias at various forward-bias voltages including the maximum-power point. The quantum efficiencies of the cells were measured with both spectral-light bias and AM0 light bias

Keywords

aerospace testing; amorphous semiconductors; automatic test equipment; elemental semiconductors; hydrogen; microcomputer applications; p-n heterojunctions; photovoltaic power systems; semiconductor device testing; silicon; solar cells; space vehicle power plants; AM0 light bias; Si:H; a-Si:H solar cells; characterisation tests; current-voltage measurement; dual-source solar simulator; forward-bias voltages; laboratory instrumentation; laboratory techniques; maximum-power point; personal computer; quantum efficiency measurement; space power; spectral radiometer; spectral-light bias; triple-junction solar cells; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Instruments; Laboratories; Lamps; Microcomputers; Photovoltaic cells; Quantum computing; Radiometry; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1996., Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3166-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1996.563982

Filename

563982