Skip Nav Destination
Article navigation
Volume 100, Issue 4
15 August 2006
Research Article| August 31 2006
Eugene A. Katz;
Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
Search for other works by this author on:
This Site
Jeffrey M. Gordon;
Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
Search for other works by this author on:
This Site
Wondesen Tassew;
Wondesen Tassew
Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
Search for other works by this author on:
This Site
Daniel Feuermann
Daniel Feuermann
Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
Search for other works by this author on:
This Site
Author & Article Information
a)
Also at: The Ilse Katz Center for Meso and Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva 84105, Israel.
b)
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; also at: The Pearlstone Center for Aeronautical Engineering Studies, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva 84105, Israel; electronic mail: jeff@bgu.ac.il
J. Appl. Phys. 100, 044514 (2006)
Article history
Received:
February 28 2006
Accepted:
May 30 2006
-
- Views Icon Views
- Article contents
- Figures & tables
- Video
- Audio
- Supplementary Data
- Peer Review
- Tools Icon Tools
Cite Icon Cite
- Search Site
Citation
Eugene A. Katz, Jeffrey M. Gordon, Wondesen Tassew, Daniel Feuermann; Photovoltaic characterization of concentrator solar cells by localized irradiation. J. Appl. Phys. 15 August 2006; 100 (4): 044514. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2266161
Download citation file:
- Ris (Zotero)
- Reference Manager
- EasyBib
- Bookends
- Mendeley
- Papers
- EndNote
- RefWorks
- BibTex
The ability to determine the macroscopic parameters that characterize photovoltaic performance, including their spatial dependence, especially at high flux, is demonstrated with extensive solar measurements on high-efficiency concentrator solar cells. Two case studies explore (a) the impact of inhom*ogeneous flux distribution on photovoltaic behavior, (b) establishing how solar cell parameters vary across the cell surface (of particular interest for deployment in high-concentration optical systems), and (c), the sensitivity of photovoltaic parameters to the spatial variation of series resistance that stems from nonuniform cell metallization. In the process, we elucidate current-voltage trends unique to strongly inhom*ogeneous illumination and to series resistance losses at high flux.
Topics
Short circuit, Electrical properties and parameters, Current-voltage characteristic, Solar cells, Thermodynamic states and processes, Spatial dependence, g-factor, Optical devices, Kaleidoscopes, Photovoltaics
REFERENCES
1.
M. Yamaguchi T. Takamoto K. Araki N. Ekins-Daukes
Sol. Energy
79
,
78
(
2005
).
2.
R. R. King
International Conference on Solar Concentrators for the Generation of Electricity or Hydrogen
,
Scottsdale, AZ
, May
2005
,
National Renewal Energy Laboratory
,
Golden, CO
, NREL/CD-520-38172;
G. Glenn R. Sherif
3.
F. Dimroth R. Beckert M. Meusel U. Schubert A. W. Bett
Prog. Photovoltaics
9
,
165
(
2001
).
4.
D. Feuermann J. M. Gordon S. Horne G. Conley R. Winston
Proc. SPIE
5942
,
250
(
2005
).
5.
R. Winston J. M. Gordon
Opt. Lett.
30
,
2617
(
2005
).
6.
7.
J. M. Gordon E. A. Katz D. Feuermann M. Huleihil
Appl. Phys. Lett.
84
,
3642
(
2004
).
8.
J. M. Gordon E. A. Katz W. Tassew D. Feuermann
Appl. Phys. Lett.
86
,
073508
(
2005
).
9.
E. A. Katz J. M. Gordon D. Feuermann
Prog. Photovoltaics
14
,
297
(
2006
).
10.
Under LI conditions, the resistance of the uniform metallization [Fig. 2(a)] approximately comprises the parallel connection of two resistances and , where is the specific resistance per unit length of contact fingers, is the distance between the LI location and one of the busbars, and is the distance between the busbars. This resistance is greatest at the cell’s center and smallest near the busbars. If the metallization contributes non-negligibly to , then a lateral dependence to FF should be observed.
11.
A. Luque
Solar Cells and Optics for Photovoltaic Concentration
(
IOP
,
Bristol
,
1989
), Chap. 4, pp.
103
–
135
.
12.
C. Algora V. Diaz
Prog. Photovoltaics
8
,
211
(
2000
).
13.
K. Nishioka T. Takamoto T. Agui M. Kaneiwa Y. Uraoka T. Fuyuki
Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells
90
,
1308
(
2006
).
14.
G. M. Smirnov J. E. Mahan
Solid-State Electron.
23
,
1055
(
1980
).
15.
16.
V. M. Andreev V. A. Grilikhes V. D. Rumyantev
Photovoltaic Conversion of Concentrated Sunlight
(
Wiley
,
Chichester
,
1997
).
17.
B. Galiana C. Algora I. Rey-Solle I. G. Vara
IEEE Trans. Electron Devices
52
,
2552
(
2005
).
18.
P. Benítez J. C. Miñano
Next Generation Photovoltaics
, edited by A. Marti A. Luque
IOP
,
Bristol
,
2004
) Chap. 13.
19.
© 2006 American Institute of Physics.
2006
American Institute of Physics
You do not currently have access to this content.
Sign in
Don't already have an account? Register
Sign In
You could not be signed in. Please check your credentials and make sure you have an active account and try again.
Reset password
Register
Sign in via your Institution
Sign in via your Institution
Pay-Per-View Access
$40.00
Buy This Article
Citing articles via
Sign up for alerts
- Most Read
- Most Cited
A step-by-step guide to perform x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Grzegorz Greczynski, Lars Hultman
GaN-based power devices: Physics, reliability, and perspectives
Matteo Meneghini, Carlo De Santi, et al.
Nonempirical semilocal density functionals for correcting the self-interaction of polaronic states
Stefano Falletta, Alfredo Pasquarello
