Efficiency Measurement of Organic Solar Cells Using Apex Calibration Facility at CSIR–National Physical Laboratory

Applied Solar Energy - Tập 57 Số 4 - Trang 261-271 - 2021
Sushil Kumar1, Srivatsa, K. M. K.1, Sudhakar, S.2, Singh, Preetam2, Kumar, Pankaj2, Bhardwaj, Ramil1, Singh, Rajiv Kumar1, Kant, Chander1, Sharma, Shailesh N.2, Singh, Vidya Nand1, Pratap, P.1, Srivastava, Sanjay Kumar1, Vandana1, Rauthan, C. M. S.1, Agarwal, Ashish2, Sharma, Parag2, Jaiswal, V. K.1, John, T.2, Shivagan, D.2, Aswal, D. K.1
1CSIR- National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, India
2CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, India

Tóm tắt

The research on solar cells, both using organic and inorganic based materials, is being pursued in the scientific laboratories and industries. In order to validate the efficiency of fabricated solar cells, a facility has been created at Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)–National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi, and dedicated to academic/research institutions for the validation of efficiency of excitonic thin film solar cells. The CSIR–NPL is the National Measurement Institute (NMI) of India and the main aim of the laboratory is to establish the National Standards of Measurements based on the International System. The available expertise and facilities at CSIR–NPL for apex calibration was used for the calibration of all the parameters used in solar cell efficiency measurement i.e., light source, area of solar cells, current/voltage, temperature etc. Standardization of solar simulator has been performed using CSIR–NPL apex level calibration facility. Importance of precise estimation of device area usually which is a major source of error in efficiency measurement, is demonstrated for organic solar cells.

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