Loughborough University
Browse
5BO.10.4_manuscript.pdf (720.77 kB)

Interlaboratory comparison of methodologies for measuring the angle of incidence dependence of solar cells

Download (720.77 kB)
conference contribution
posted on 2018-10-30, 14:47 authored by Nicholas Riedel, A. Santamaria Lancia, Mekbib Amdemeskel, Sune Thorsteinsson, Peter B. Poulsen, Fabian Plag, Ingo Kroger, Lenneke H. Slooff, Mark J. Jansen, Anna J. Carr, Petra Manshanden, Martin BlissMartin Bliss, Tom BettsTom Betts, Inigo Petrina Jauregui, Mikel Ezquer Mayo, Jose L. Balenzategui, Ruben Roldan, Ulli Kraling, Ghassan Baarah, Beniamino Iandolo, Rasmus S. Davidson, Anders Thorseth, Carsten Dam-Hansen, Gisele A. dos Reis Benatto
The aim of this work is to compare angle of incidence (AOI) measurement setups for solar cells between laboratories with such capability. For the first time, we compare relative light transmission measurements among eight laboratories, whose measurement techniques include indoor and outdoor methods. We present the relative transmission measurements on three 156 mm x 156 mm crystalline-Si (c-Si) samples with different surface textures. The measurements are compared using the expanded uncertainties provided by each laboratory. Five of the eight labs showed an agreement better than ±2% to the weighted mean between AOIs from -75° to 70°. At AOIs of ±80° and ±85°, the same five labs showed a worst case deviation to the weighted mean of -3% to 5% and 0% to 18%, respectively. When measurement uncertainty is considered, the results show that measurements at the highest incidence angle of ±85° are problematic, as measurements from four out of the six labs reporting uncertainty were found non-comparable within their stated uncertainties. At 85° AOI a high to low range of up to 75% was observed between all eight laboratories.

History

School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition

Pages

? - ? (6)

Citation

RIEDEL, N. ... et al., 2018. Interlaboratory comparison of methodologies for measuring the angle of incidence dependence of solar cells. Proceedings of the 35th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 35), Brussels, Belgium, 24 - 28 Sept, pp.1034-1039.

Publisher

WIP

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2018-09-28

Publication date

2018

Notes

This is a conference paper.

ISBN

3936338507

ISSN

2196-100X

Language

  • en

Location

Bussels, Belgium

Usage metrics

    Loughborough Publications

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC