Title :
Hybrid halogen-LED sources as an affordable solar simulator to evaluate Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Author :
Saadaoui, S. ; Torchani, A. ; Azizi, T. ; Gharbi, R.
Author_Institution :
Lab. des Semicond. et Dispositifs Electroniques, Univ. of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Abstract :
This work presents a study of the effect of developed hybrid halogen LED solar simulator. The developed system present a affordable solution for research lab´s to analyze the solar cells efficiency. Two different light sources were studied and a combination solution was described. The developed system was tested with two different generation of solar cell. Current- Voltage (I-V) solar cell characterization was extracted and compared with different light sources. Incident monochromatic photon to electron conversion efficiency (IPCE) characteristics was determined in order to display the efficiency of the developed solar simulator. The developed system has noticeable improvement in both solar cells types, compared to the use of halogen lamp only.
Keywords :
LED lamps; dye-sensitised solar cells; filament lamps; light sources; simulation; test equipment; affordable solar simulator; current-voltage solar cell characterization; dye sensitized solar cell evaluation; hybrid halogen-LED sources; incident monochromatic photon-electron conversion efficiency; light sources; solar cells efficiency; Current measurement; Decision support systems; Light emitting diodes; Light sources; Photovoltaic cells; Tungsten; Wavelength measurement; DSSC; IPCE; halogen lamp; solar cells; solar simulator;
Conference_Titel :
Sciences and Techniques of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering (STA), 2014 15th International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/STA.2014.7086810
