Standard Solar Cell Requirements

What is a standard for solar cells?

This standard establishes qualification, characterization, and quality requirements for all solar cells intended for operations in space.

What are solar cells (modules) standards?

Standards from this category regulate solar cells (modules) characteristic measurement, solar cells (modules) tests and other standards referring to solar cells (modules) production and testing - production procedure, mechanic or electric photovoltaic module testing, I-U module characteristics measurement etc.

What is a solar cell qualification test?

This standard is intended to be used to establish the minimum level of testing required to demonstrate that a solar cell type will operate in a predictable and understood manner. Success and failure criteria are defined for each qualification test.

What is a photovoltaic solar cell test?

It defines terminology and establishes standard tests, environmental conditions, procedures, and systematic methods for verifying the capability of a photovoltaic solar cell device to operate in the environment of space.

What are the regulatory levels for photovoltaic systems?

At least three regulatory levels for the production, installation, operation and end of life of photovoltaic systems can be considered. Additionally, the Life Cycle Assessment methodology is also regulated by standards. In this chapter, the three levels are presented.

What is the irradiance of a solar cell at 28 °C?

at cell temperature of 25 °C ± 1 °C and at one solar constant AM0 irradiance of 1 367 W·m −2 as measured with an AM0 standard solar cell using the AM0 reference extraterrestrial solar spectral irradiance Note 1 to entry: Cell temperature of 28 °C only applies to 8.4.1.