- Title
- An Economic LED Solar Simulator Design
- Creator
- Al-Ahmad, Alaa; Clark, Damian; Holdsworth, John L.; Vaughan, Benjamin; Belcher, Warwick J.; Dastoor, Paul C.
- Relation
- IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics Vol. 12, Issue 2, p. 521-525
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2022.3143460
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- The optical design, fabrication, and evaluation of a low-cost solar simulator for photovoltaic device testing are presented in this article. Ten different high-power light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in the range 350–1100 nm are arrayed in a hexagonal geometry, enabling excellent spatial nonuniformity of irradiance (< 2%) while minimizing the number of LEDs required for solar emission spectral match. The solar simulator design demonstrates Class AAA performance at 100 mW / cm 2 output irradiance over 70 cm 2 with < 0.05% temporal instability of irradiance. The low total material cost of the solar simulator (< $700 USD) ensures an economic LED-based Class AAA solar simulator for electrical performance testing of photovoltaic devices.
- Subject
- design optimization; light-emitting diode (LED) lamps; optical design; optical device fabrication; photovoltaic (PV) reliability testing and standards; solar simulator; SDG 7; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1472831
- Identifier
- uon:48938
- Identifier
- ISSN:2156-3381
- Language
- eng
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