A self-calibrating led-based solar test platform

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-112

  Krebs, Frederik C ^a   Sylvester Hvid, Kristian O ^a   Jørgensen, Mikkel ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

inverse IPCE; IPCE; LED; self calibration; solar test platform

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; INVERSE IPCE; IPCE; LED BASED ILLUMINATIONS; MONITORING AND CONTROL; SELF CALIBRATION; SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY; TEST PLATFORMS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 78650692003     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.963     Document Type: Article

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