THE INFLUENCE OF SPECTRAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE VARIATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED SINGLE-JUNCTION AND MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR-CELLS
THE INFLUENCE OF SPECTRAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE VARIATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED SINGLE-JUNCTION AND MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1016/0379-6787(91)90027-m
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发表时间:
1991-06-01
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OLSON, JM
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作者:
FAINE, P;KURTZ, SR;OLSON, JM
The sensitivities of selected single-junction and multijunction cells to variations in solar irradiance are presented. The one-sun spectral irradiance is varied as a function of air mass, optical aerosol depth (turbidity) and amount of precipitable water vapor for direct-normal and global-normal geometries. Several devices, including one-, two- and three- junction devices with low and high bandgaps and either series- or independent-connection schemes, were investigated. The effects of air mass and turbidity on the consistency of high-bandgap device performance are shown to be greater than the effect of precipitable water vapor. Low-bandgap devices are less affected by variations in air mass and turbidity, but are more sensitive to high water-vapor conditions. The efficiency gained by redesigning a multijunction device for the latitude at which it is expected to be used is shown to be less than about 3% (relative).