Temperature- And Illumination-Dependent Characterization of Solar Cells Using Suns-VOC(T) and I-V(T)

Simon M.F. Zhang; Johannes P. Seif; Thomas G. Allen; Rabin Basnet; Anh Huy Tuan Le; Ivan Perez-Wurfl; Ziv Hameiri

doi:10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518959

Temperature- And Illumination-Dependent Characterization of Solar Cells Using Suns-V_OC(T) and I-V(T)

Simon M.F. Zhang
, Johannes P. Seif
, Thomas G. Allen
, Rabin Basnet
, Anh Huy Tuan Le
, Ivan Perez-Wurfl
, Ziv Hameiri

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › peer-review

5 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

We present a temperature-dependent Suns-VOC technique and use it to examine the temperature- and illumination-dependent performance of various silicon solar cells including p-PERC, n-PERT, n-SHJ, and n-TOPCon. We investigate the temperature coefficients (TC) of their electrical parameters and the illumination-dependent TC of their open-circuit voltage (VOC). At one-sun, the n-SHJ cell is seen to be the least temperature-sensitive, driven by its relatively superior TCVoc at intensities above 0.03 suns. As illumination decreases, the VOC of each cell becomes significantly more sensitive to temperature. To our knowledge, this is the first published study to utilize Suns-VOC(T) to provide a detailed comparison of temperature- and illumination-dependent performance of those solar cell technologies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	737-740
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665419222
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518959
Publication status	Published - 20 Jun 2021
Event	48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021 - Fort Lauderdale, United States Duration: 20 Jun 2021 → 25 Jun 2021

Publication series

Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

Conference

Conference	48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	Fort Lauderdale
Period	20/06/21 → 25/06/21

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Zhang, S. M. F., Seif, J. P., Allen, T. G., Basnet, R., Le, A. H. T., Perez-Wurfl, I., & Hameiri, Z. (2021). Temperature- And Illumination-Dependent Characterization of Solar Cells Using Suns-V_OC(T) and I-V(T). In 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021 (pp. 737-740). (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518959

Zhang, Simon M.F. ; Seif, Johannes P. ; Allen, Thomas G. et al. / Temperature- And Illumination-Dependent Characterization of Solar Cells Using Suns-V_OC(T) and I-V(T). 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. pp. 737-740 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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Zhang, SMF, Seif, JP, Allen, TG, Basnet, R, Le, AHT, Perez-Wurfl, I & Hameiri, Z 2021, Temperature- And Illumination-Dependent Characterization of Solar Cells Using Suns-V_OC(T) and I-V(T). in 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 737-740, 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021, Fort Lauderdale, United States, 20/06/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518959

Temperature- And Illumination-Dependent Characterization of Solar Cells Using Suns-V_OC(T) and I-V(T). / Zhang, Simon M.F.; Seif, Johannes P.; Allen, Thomas G. et al.
2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. p. 737-740 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › peer-review

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