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Calibration of multi-junction (tandem) thin film photovoltaic modules under natural sunlight

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2011

Georgios Tzamalis  and
Harald Müllejans
Georgios Tzamalis
Affiliation:
European Commission, DG JRC, IE, Renewable Energy Unit, 21027 Ispra (Va), Italy.
Harald Müllejans
Affiliation:
European Commission, DG JRC, IE, Renewable Energy Unit, 21027 Ispra (Va), Italy.
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Abstract

We present a procedure for calibrating tandem thin film photovoltaic modules under natural sunlight. The distinct steps involve pre-conditioning via light soaking, spectral response measurements and I-V measurements under natural sunlight. The measurements were done using a crystalline silicon reference cell as well as two filtered reference cells designed to spectrally match the top and bottom junctions in the tandem module.

Keywords

photovoltaicthin filmoptical properties
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1321: Symposium A – Amorphous and Polycrystalline Thin-Film Silicon Science and Technology , 2011 , mrss11-1321-a14-04
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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