Performance of Solar Energy Converters: Thermal Collectors and Photovoltaic Cells: Lectures of a Course held at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, November 11-18, 1981

Solar cell and solar cell module have to be tested for their performance, i.e. their ability to produce electrical power under well-defined conditions of illumination and temperature. The need for performance measurements arises at various stages of development, design and production from different requirement: at the development level, the main objective is to as ess the performance of a new concept in comparison with state-of-the-art competitors; at the design level, performance data are ...