Research on integrated system for solar simulator performance calibration according to IEC 60904-9

Hai-feng Meng; Li-min Xiong; Ying-Wei He; Ding-Pu Liu

doi:10.1117/12.916693

30 November 2011 Research on integrated system for solar simulator performance calibration according to IEC 60904-9

Hai-feng Meng, Li-min Xiong, Ying-Wei He, Ding-Pu Liu

Proceedings Volume 8201, 2011 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optoelectronic Measurement Technology and Systems; 82012L (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.916693
Event: International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology (OIT2011), 2011, Beijing, Beijing, China

Abstract

Solar simulators are widely used for indoor measurement of current-voltage (I-V) characteristics as well as irradiance exposure tests of terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) devices. The influence of solar simulator's performance, commonly including spectral mismatch and irradiance uniformity/temporal stability, can never be ignored, especially in the case of I-V characteristics measurement. Herein, we present an integrated system for solar simulator's performance calibration according to IEC 60904-9, which proposed requirements and defined classifications for solar simulators, with items of spectral mismatch compared with AM 1.5 reference solar spectral irradiance (AM 1.5 G), non-uniformity and temporal instability of irradiance. This integrated system is composed of two major departments, i) a calibrated optic fiber spectrometer for spectral mismatch characteristic, ii) data acquisition equipments for detecting irradiance uniformity/temporal stability and calibrating Isc/Voc measurements. It is applicable to various kinds of solar simulators and portable to satisfy the requirements of on-site calibration for solar simulator users.

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Hai-feng Meng, Li-min Xiong, Ying-Wei He, and Ding-Pu Liu "Research on integrated system for solar simulator performance calibration according to IEC 60904-9", Proc. SPIE 8201, 2011 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optoelectronic Measurement Technology and Systems, 82012L (30 November 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.916693

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