Accelerated Life Test for Photovoltaic Cells Using Concentrated Light
This paper presents a new method developed to significantly reduce the necessary time for the ageing tests for different types of photovoltaic cells. Two ageing factors have been applied to the photovoltaic cells: the concentrated light and the temperature. The maximum power of the photovoltaic cell...
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| description | This paper presents a new method developed to significantly reduce the necessary time for the ageing tests for different types of photovoltaic cells. Two ageing factors have been applied to the photovoltaic cells: the concentrated light and the temperature. The maximum power of the photovoltaic cells was monitored during the ageing process. The electrical dc and ac parameters of the photovoltaic cells were measured and analyzed at 1 sun irradiance, before and after the test stress. During the test, two photovoltaic cells are kept at maximum power point and the other two are kept at open circuit voltage point. The method is validated through the results obtained for the monocrystalline silicon solar cell. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a4cc6cb9a8d1404dbfecd193442e52242025-02-03T06:13:43ZengWileyInternational Journal of Photoenergy1110-662X1687-529X2016-01-01201610.1155/2016/98256839825683Accelerated Life Test for Photovoltaic Cells Using Concentrated LightDaniel Tudor Cotfas0Petru Adrian Cotfas1Dan Ion Floroian2Laura Floroian3Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036 Brasov, RomaniaElectrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036 Brasov, RomaniaElectrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036 Brasov, RomaniaElectrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036 Brasov, RomaniaThis paper presents a new method developed to significantly reduce the necessary time for the ageing tests for different types of photovoltaic cells. Two ageing factors have been applied to the photovoltaic cells: the concentrated light and the temperature. The maximum power of the photovoltaic cells was monitored during the ageing process. The electrical dc and ac parameters of the photovoltaic cells were measured and analyzed at 1 sun irradiance, before and after the test stress. During the test, two photovoltaic cells are kept at maximum power point and the other two are kept at open circuit voltage point. The method is validated through the results obtained for the monocrystalline silicon solar cell.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9825683 |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Tudor Cotfas Petru Adrian Cotfas Dan Ion Floroian Laura Floroian Accelerated Life Test for Photovoltaic Cells Using Concentrated Light International Journal of Photoenergy |
| title | Accelerated Life Test for Photovoltaic Cells Using Concentrated Light |
| title_full | Accelerated Life Test for Photovoltaic Cells Using Concentrated Light |
| title_fullStr | Accelerated Life Test for Photovoltaic Cells Using Concentrated Light |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accelerated Life Test for Photovoltaic Cells Using Concentrated Light |
| title_short | Accelerated Life Test for Photovoltaic Cells Using Concentrated Light |
| title_sort | accelerated life test for photovoltaic cells using concentrated light |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9825683 |
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