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- the present invention relates generally to measurement of solar cells and solar modules, i.e., photovoltaic cells and modules. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for the measurement of current- voltage characteristic curves of solar cells and solar modules during research and development or production.
- Typical pulses can be from Xenon lamps discharging a capacitor, as in a typical photographic flashlamp (Borden, Sinton 1996, Hyv ⁇ rinen, Sinton 2000), Xenon lamps with a pulse-forming network (Wiczer), flashlamps with control electronics to control the intensity-time profile, or LED flashes. Voltage, current and intensity data can be taken for the entire light pulse (Wiczer, Sinton 1996, Sinton 2000) or for just a point or portion of the light pulse (Borden, Hyv ⁇ rine ⁇ ).
- the acquisition of the current- voltage data for cell or module testing is accomplished by ramping the voltage from short-circuit conditions to open-circuit conditions (or from open-circuit to short-circuit conditions) during a single light pulse while the intensity is close to the intensity of interest in order to obtain the entire current- voltage curve (Wiczer, King, Hyv ⁇ rine ⁇ ).
- King indicates that a 20 V/second voltage ramp rate would result in a 1% error in the measured power output of some high-efficiency cells.
- the method of Hyv ⁇ rinen using the example of a linear ramp rate from short circuit to open circuit in 400 ⁇ s, results in a ramp rate of about 1700 V/s (per cell in series in a module). This ramp rate is about 85 times too fast for a measurement of the cells described in King to achieve a 1% accuracy relative to the steady state.
- Some modern commercial cells require ramp rates of less than 5 V/s (per cell in series) in order to have less than 1% of error due to the transient response time of the cell to changing voltage. For a linear voltage ramp from short-circuit to open-circuit voltage as in Wiczer, King and Hyv ⁇ rinen, this measurement could take 130ms and is not practical for short light pulses.
- Maintaining a constant current during a pulse with varying illumination intensity results in a high rate of voltage ramping and can also result in inaccurate measurements for high-efficiency silicon solar cells ⁇ Borden, Ossenbrink).
- very high voltage ramp rates result as the voltage responds to the changing light intensity during the pulse.
- a common solution to these problems is to hold the voltage constant during a light pulse, and to only measure one current-voltage point at each intensity during the pulse ⁇ Keogh, Sinton 2005). By holding the voltage constant during the light pulse, the time response of the solar cell or solar module is much better, yielding a more accurate result ⁇ Keogh).
- a full curve of current- voltage points at a given intensity is constructed by taking multiple flashes and extracting the relevant data.
- This constant voltage method has been shown, however, to have significant error in the case of newer generations of high-efficiency solar cells in cases when the light intensity is not constant during the measurement. Even this best case of maintaining a constant voltage during the light pulse has been shown to have significant transient errors that result in the current- voltage-intensity data being significantly different than the steady-state results that would be obtained under conditions of constant current, voltage, and light. This discrepancy has been shown to be due to changes in the stored charge in the solar cells that can occur even when the terminal voltage at the solar cells or modules is held constant ⁇ Sinton 2005). These errors can make this data a very inaccurate predictor of the characteristics of the solar cell or module under constant light conditions such as sunlight. This makes the data from flash testing very unreliable for predicting cell or module performance for these types of solar cells and modules.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a graph 10 showing the computer-modeled prior art current response of a commercial solar cell to a pulse of light.
- Graph 10 is a PClD (Clugsto ⁇ ) numerical simulation of the time response of a commercial high-efficiency solar cell.
- This simulation is with the terminals of the solar cell held at a constant voltage corresponding to the maximum power point of the solar cell (580 mV in this case) at 0.1 W/cm 2 of incident power.
- the instantaneous measured current 20 is delayed, shifted to the right compared to the light intensity 30.
- the steady-state current 40 that would be measured at each light intensity for a constant light source is shown for comparison.
- the instantaneous current is lower than the steady state current during the light intensity rise time, and higher than the steady state current during the fall time. Neither is the correct steady-state result for that intensity. There is only one fleeting moment where the curves cross and the instantaneous current accurately predicts the steady-state current.
- a technique that overcomes the problem of transient errors due to measurement during a short pulse of light.
- the present invention enables the use of short pulses of light to accurately measure the characteristics of solar cells and modules in order to accurately predict their performance under steady-state illumination conditions.
- the voltage at the solar cell or solar module terminals is varied by a small signal that is proportional to the current flowing at the terminals.
- the resulting data for instantaneous current and voltage at a given intensity during the light pulse is as close as possible to the value that would be measured at the same constant current and constant voltage under constant illumination.
- the voltage is varied according to the equation (Equation 1):
- Voltage Kl - K2 * Light Intensity, where Voltage is the terminal voltage, Kl and K2 are constants, and Light Intensity is the illumination incident upon the solar cell or module.
- Function is the function that will give the expected current for each particular light intensity based on a typical relationship between current, intensity and voltage for a solar cell or solar module of the type that is being measured.
- the voltage may be controlled using analog feedback, digital synthesis or other suitable technique.
- K2*terminal current in Equation 1 (for example) is designed to maintain constant stored charge within the solar cell or solar module. It counteracts changes in the electron- and hole-density profiles in the solar cells, as well as voltage drops due to wiring, solar cell metallization and internal series resistance. This results in faster time response of the solar cell to changing light conditions.
- the present invention is applicable to measurement of a wide variety of solar cells and solar modules.
- the present invention works well with silicon solar cells in general, and more specifically with high-efficiency high-voltage solar cells having an internal capacitance that is orders of magnitude higher than typical industrial silicon solar cells previously manufactured.
- high-efficiency silicon solar cells manufactured by BP, Sanyo and SunPower are well suited for the present invention.
- the present invention is useful with a wide variety of solar cell simulators including discrete flash simulators and multi-flash simulators.
- FIG. l is a graph showing the computer-modeled prior art current response of a commercial solar cell to a pulse of light.
- FIG. 2 is a graph of terminal voltage vs. time according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 3 is a graph of instantaneous and steady-state current vs. time.
- FIG. 4 is a prior art graph of current density vs. light intensity.
- FIG. 5 is a graph of current density vs. light intensity.
- FIG. 6 is a graph of light intensity and module voltage vs. time with a nearly constant voltage.
- FIG. 7 is a graph of current density vs. light intensity for a nearly constant voltage.
- FIG. 8 is a graph of light intensity and varying module voltage vs. time.
- FIG. 9 is a graph of cell current density vs. light intensity for the varying voltage shown in FIG. 8.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an analog feedback system using a light intensity signal.
- FIG. 11 is a graph of light intensity and voltage as a function of time.
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram of an analog feedback system using a terminal current signal.
- FIG. 13 is a block diagram of an implementation using a digital waveform to control the terminal voltage.
- FIG. 14 is a graph of current and efficiency vs. cell voltage.
- FIGS. 15A and 15B illustrate a computer system 900 suitable for implementing embodiments of the present invention.
- the present inventor performed detailed studies on solar cell behavior, such as the minority-carrier density profile within the solar cell, following the method of Sinton 1987a, as well as detailed studies of the time- dependent profiles of these carrier densities Sinton 1987b. These studies indicate that increasing and decreasing the stored charge in the solar cell is the limiting factor in the time response of the solar cell based on the physics of the solar cell operation. Further, it is realized that the stored charge has terms related to the junction voltage, the current density, and the cell design (particularly the distance from the point of photogeneration of the electron-hole pairs to the collecting junction).
- a PClD simulation of the charge (holes) in a high-efficiency n-type backside-contact solar cell reveals that the charge has two parts, a uniform carrier density component dictated by the junction voltage at the back of the cell, and a "transit" component that depends on the carrier-density gradients that drive the current. Both of these terms in the stored charge have a component that depends upon the current density.
- the factors to be controlled are: (1) terminal voltage, as previously recognized, (2) junction voltage variation due to series resistance between the terminals and the solar-cell junction; and (3) transit capacitance due to the cell design and the distance of the collecting junction from the photogeneration (this transit capacitance is the build up of electron-hole pairs that occurs before a current can flow or change magnitude). Therefore, as the second and third factors are dependent upon the current, it is realized that in the region of the current- voltage curve near the maximum power point, a correction is possible using a small signal variation of the voltage that is proportional to the current.
- the below technique is thus not a simple variation of the above-listed common methods of solar cell measurement; the proposed technique provides a voltage-time profile that best maintains a constant charge and charge-density profile within the solar cell wafer thickness during the pulse.
- VOLTAGE PROPORTIONAL TO CURRENT OR LIGHT INTENSITY It is realized that applying a varying voltage to the terminals of the solar cell during a light pulse will result in a more accurate current measurement. In particular, if a constant voltage is modified by a small signal correction that is proportional to the terminal current then the measured current will be very nearly the same as the current that would be measured under steady-state conditions.
- this constant can be chosen so that light pulses of differing shapes give the same measured current- voltage points at a given intensity, making the measurement independent of pulse shape.
- the small signal term in Equation 1 (for example), K2 * Current, is about 5% to 15% of the constant voltage term Kl when Kl+ K2*current is the maximum power point of the solar cell or module.
- This small signal correction is sufficient to compensate for wiring and internal series resistance and other effects in order to maintain constant stored charge in the solar cell.
- the invention works well when the small signal term is about 10% of the constant voltage term when the voltage is at the maximum power point for the solar cell or solar module.
- K2 is chosen that is too large, then the instantaneous current is again different for the leading and trailing sides of the illumination pulse at any given intensity. Hence, there is a unique K2 and the resulting data indicates when it is correct.
- Choice of the best value for K2 is dependent upon the type of the solar cell or solar module. A good rule of thumb is that the lower bound for K2 is the series resistance of the cell (or module) under test,
- the present invention is suitable for use with a wide variety of simulators.
- the invention is especially relevant to "multiflash" simulators that use a pulse train of relatively short light pulses (similar to the light pulse shown in FIG. 1) to characterize a module.
- These simulators may include several models from Spire Corp., NPC, and Yamashita Denso. Most other flash simulators use a single flash technique with a longer pulse.
- these simulators can be used in a "multiflash” mode, although usually with a smaller number of pulses because the time between flashes can be several seconds or more for this type of simulator. This invention is also useful for these simulators when used in this multiflash mode.
- K2 can be further refined experimentally by varying it in order to minimize the difference between the current- voltage points measured during the rise time and the fall time of the illumination pulse. For example, K2 is varied until a cell current versus intensity graph resembles more the graph of FIG. 9 than that of FIG. 7. This technique works particularly well with the multi-flash type simulators since these have pulse shapes similar to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 with a symmetrical shape.
- K2 is better determined by varying it in order to minimize the difference between the current measured at each intensity for different shapes of light pulses, using data from either the rising or falling sides of the light pulse or both.
- the measured current, voltage and intensity is the most independent of the pulse shape in the region of voltage near the maximum power point voltage of the solar cell or module, then the constants are optimized to give the steady-state result.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the terminal voltage vs. time profile that gives a result where the instantaneous current predicts the steady-state current.
- voltage 110 is varied as
- FIG. 3 is a graph 200 showing the instantaneous and steady-state current versus time for an embodiment of the present invention.
- the instantaneous measured current 220 is the same as the steady-state current. Both currents lie on the same curve, and therefore, short pulses of light can be used to determine the steady- state characteristics of the solar cells or solar modules.
- FIG. 4 is a graph 300 showing current density versus light intensity for the prior art situation illustrated in FIG. 1.
- terminal voltage 310 is held constant.
- the current 320 measured low, while during the fall time of the light intensity the current measured high (compared to predicted steady-state current 340).
- the resulting curve for instantaneous current 320 forms a large loop on the graph.
- the steady-state current values 340 fall on a straight-line within the loop.
- Prior art graph 300 clearly shows that the instantaneous measured current is different than the steady- state current for similar light intensity and voltage values.
- FIG. 5 is a graph 400 showing current density versus light intensity according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- Graph 400 shows a voltage 410 applied to the solar cell or module according to Equation 1 and is to be contrasted with graph 300.
- V 0.605 - 0.6467 * Current Density
- the simulated result is then identical for the rising and falling sides of the illumination pulse and the instantaneous current 420 is also identical to the steady- state current data.
- the instantaneous data is predictive of the steady-state data.
- the current- voltage curve of the solar cell or module may then be assembled using Equations 1 or 2 by taking data for several pulses at different values for the Constant Voltage, Kl.
- VOLTAGE PROFILE CIRCUIT IMPLEMENTATION Experimental data confirms these predictions. Analog feedback is used to control the load and apply a voltage profile to the terminals of a commercial silicon solar module consisting of 96 cells in series.
- the module used is a commercially-purchased Sanyo HIP- 190B A3 module having 96 silicon solar cells connected in series.
- the data from the entire pulse was recorded and analyzed to determine the data points (current, voltage and intensity) during the entire light pulse.
- This data acquisition of the whole pulse is similar to previously used techniques to construct current- voltage curves from photoconductance data from silicon wafers (Sinton 1996) and voltage data from solar cells or solar cell precursors (Sinton 2000).
- FIG. 6 is a graph showing light intensity and a constant module voltage versus time.
- voltage 512 is nearly constant and intensity 514 varies as shown.
- FIG. 7 is a graph showing cell current versus intensity for the constant voltage applied as in FIG. 6.
- the current vs. intensity graph of FIG. 7 shows a loop 552 (similar to that shown in the computer-modeled case above).
- measurements at nearly constant voltage resulted in a low current on the rising side of the light intensity pulse and a high current on the falling edge of the pulse.
- application of the present invention produces better results.
- FIG. 8 is a graph showing intensity and a varying module voltage versus time.
- voltage 532 is proportional to the terminal current and intensity 534 varies as shown.
- FIG. 9 is a graph showing cell current versus intensity for the varying voltage applied as in FIG. 8.
- the measured current data 572 of FIG. 9 during the rise time and fall time of the intensity pulse is nearly the same. In other words, when feedback is used to keep the terminal voltage at:
- V 61.68-1.6445*Current(module), as shown in FIG. 8, the current data 572 during the rising of the intensity is nearly the same as during the falling of the intensity. This indicates that the appropriate values for Kl and K2 for this module are 61.68 Volts and 1.6445 Ohms, respectively, at the maximum power voltage of 54.8 Volts.
- FIG. 10 illustrates an analog feedback system 600 to control the load on a solar module and thus provide the desired voltage profile.
- Analog feedback is used to control a HEXFET load transistor in order to impose the terminal voltage as prescribed by Equation 2.
- a light pulse from flashlamp 610 is simultaneously incident upon solar module 620 (or upon a solar cell) and an intensity detector 630.
- the solar module voltage is measured at the terminals of the module 640 while the module current is measured at a 50m ohm shunt resistor 650.
- the light intensity detector produces a voltage proportional to the intensity and is measured as the signal across potentiometer 660.
- This general configuration is common to virtually all pulsed-light solar cell or solar cell module testers.
- a signal proportional to intensity is adjusted by 50k ohm potentiometer 660.
- An operational amplifier 670 offsets this current signal by a constant voltage, Vref 680.
- the resulting signal 690 (Vref - K*Light Intensity) is fed into the low input of operational amplifier 696, having a resistor 697 connected to its output.
- a signal 691 proportional to the module voltage is adjusted through the potentiometer 695, and fed into the high input of the operational amplifier 696. Whenever the module voltage signal 691 exceeds reference signal 690 the HEXFET transistor 698 gate is driven high, and this transistor draws more current from module 620.
- Equation 2 is a very close approximation to Equation 1.
- K2 is determined in this circuit by the potentiometer 660 as well as the potentiometer 695.
- the current is measured as the voltage drop across the shunt resistor 650.
- operational amplifier 670 is component AD620
- operational amplifier 696 is component AD620
- resistor 697 is 250 ohms
- transistor 698 is component IRFP2907.
- FIG. 11 illustrates the intensity and module voltage versus time resulting from the circuit of FIG. 10.
- Trace 730 is the light intensity in suns over time.
- Trace 710 is the actual voltage resulting from the circuit shown in FIG. 10, and reflects the measurements shown in FIGS. 6-9 and in FIG. 13. As shown, trace 710 very closely tracks the ideal voltage trace 760 and thus provides a good approximation of the desired result.
- Voltage Kl - K2*Function (Light Intensity)
- Function is designed to give the expected current for each light intensity based on a typical relationship between current, intensity and voltage for a solar cell or solar module of the type that is being measured.
- a function can be (Equation 3)
- I Isc*(Light intensity) - C*e ⁇ v+IRs)/nkT » + (V+IRs)/Rshunt
- Isc the terminal short-circuit current at one sun
- light intensity is in units of suns
- V the terminal voltage per cell in series
- I the current
- C, n, Rs, Rshunt are all fitting parameters fit to experimental data. For example, using a numerical simulation of the same solar cell as in FIGS.
- Equation 3 the function for the terminal current, Equation 3, predicts the current within 1% accuracy for intensities from 0.8 to 1.2 suns, and voltages between 0 and 0.63 V.
- the fit parameters in this case are:
- Equation 3 at the maximum power point for a typical solar cell or module, the sum of the 2 n ⁇ and 3 r ⁇ terms is nominally only a 5% correction to the first term. This fact, that the current is very nearly proportional to intensity, indicates why Equation 2 is a good approximation of Equation 1 near the maximum power point of the solar cell or module.
- the circuit shown in FIG. 10 bases feedback upon measured light intensity, and is advantageous in that it tends to produce a more stable signal.
- measurement of the current may be used instead to implement the desired voltage.
- Using the current signal can lead to unstable feedback in that the current signal is more susceptible to circuit oscillation. From a strictly theoretical standpoint, though, analysis of the underlying physics indicates that feedback based upon the current signal (in accordance with Equation 1) is best.
- FIG. 12 illustrates an analog feedback system 800 to provide the desired voltage profile that uses a signal from the current sensor.
- potentiometer 660 receives input from intensity detector 630
- input is received from across shunt resistor 650.
- potentiometer 660 can be used to choose a fraction of the current signal.
- This current signal is added to a reference voltage 680, giving a signal 690, Vref - K* Current; this signal is in the form of Equation 1.
- Signal 690 is fed into the low input of operational amplifier 696 and the system operates as described above.
- Another alternative is to digitally synthesize the desired voltage time profile and apply this signal to the terminals of the solar cell or solar module in synchronization with the light pulse. This method is likely to be very stable and unlikely to oscillate because there would be no electrical feedback loop in the circuit.
- FIG. 13 illustrates a digital system 850 to provide the desired voltage profile using digital synthesis.
- System 850 is similar to the system of FIG. 10 except that signal 870 is provided by computer 860 instead of originating from operational amplifier 670.
- Computer 860 includes an input interface 865 for accepting as input the terminal voltage 640, the terminal current and the light intensity via potentiometer 660.
- Computer 860 also includes suitable hardware for analog-to-digital conversion such as an analog-to-digital data acquisition card, and hardware for digital-to-analog conversion such as a waveform generator.
- light source 610 emits a series of light pulses that are incident upon solar module 620 and intensity detector 630.
- This equation is then converted into a pulse, V(t), in a data acquisition card waveform generator (a digital-to-analog conversion).
- This waveform 870 is then applied to the low input of operational amplifier 696 in synchronization with light pulse N+l , thus forcing the solar module voltage to be proportional to this waveform as in the analog feedback case. If there is good reproducibility of the light waveform from pulse to pulse, then instead of using pulse N to calculate the waveform for pulse N+l, data from any typical pulse may be used.
- the computer can calculate the difference between the actual V(t) and the ideal V(t) and compensate in the signal output 870, so that the measured V(t) for each pulse best corresponds to the ideal V(t) according to Equation 1.
- the constant K2 may be determined once for any given cell technology, and then used to measure all modules or cells of that type. The accuracy of each measurement can be reported based on the width in current of the loop at a given intensity and voltage of interest as in FIG. 4. For example, if this width in current between the two branches of the loop was greater than +/- 2% of the current at the intensity of interest (1 sun), then K2 can be adjusted until the loop closed down back into a line indicating that it is reporting the steady-state result for current.
- FIG. 14 shows a current- voltage curve 992 and cell efficiency curve 994 for a particular solar cell at one sun of illumination intensity.
- current density is constant, and cell efficiency increases, up to about 55 volts at which point the current and cell efficiency drop off dramatically.
- the maximum power point, 54.8V for this module is of particular interest because the power output rating of the module will be based on this measured data point.
- the shorter the pulse of light required to obtain accurate measurements the quicker the measurement.
- the cost of the illumination source is often dependent upon the average power required because smaller power supplies can be used for shorter pulses.
- little or no active cooling is required in the power supplies or circuitry.
- the present invention allows the accurate prediction of the steady state performance of high-efficiency solar cells based upon measurements using short light pulses, allowing quick, accurate, and inexpensive measurements of solar cells or solar modules.
- Many existing flashlamp module testers within industry can be retrofitted using the novel techniques described herein in order to measure the new generations of high-efficiency solar modules accurately.
- Equation 1 ALTERNATIVE EQUATIONS FOR VOLTAGE Although the form of Equation 1 is anticipated to be an adequate correction for most high-efficiency solar cells, it is anticipated that an equation having higher order terms may improve the correction for some cases, for example of the form:
- V(t) Kl+K2*current + K3*(current) 2 +
- Equation 1 Equation 1
- FIGS. 15A and 15B illustrate a computer system 900 suitable for implementing embodiments of the present invention.
- Computer system 900 includes a monitor 902, a display 904, a housing 906, a disk drive 908, a keyboard 910 and a mouse 912.
- Disk 914 is a computer-readable medium used to transfer data to and from computer system 900.
- FIG. 15B is an example of a block diagram for computer system 900. Attached to system bus 920 are a wide variety of subsystems.
- Processor(s) 922 also referred to as central processing units, or CPUs
- Memory 924 includes random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM).
- a fixed disk 926 is also coupled bi-directionally to CPU 922; it provides additional data storage capacity and may also include any of the computer- readable media described below.
- Removable disk 914 may take the form of any of the computer-readable media described below.
- CPU 922 is also coupled to a variety of input/output devices such as display 904, keyboard 910, mouse 912 and a multi-function data acquisition card capable of high-speed analog-to-digital conversion as well as high-speed digital-to-analog conversion 930.
- input/output devices may be any of: video displays, track balls, mice, keyboards, microphones, touch-sensitive displays, transducer card readers, magnetic or paper tape readers, tablets, styluses, voice or handwriting recognizers, biometrics readers, or other computers.
- Examples of computer-readable media include, but are not limited to: magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD- ROMs and holographic devices; magneto-optical media such as floptical disks; and hardware devices that are specially configured to store and execute program code, such as application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), programmable logic devices (PLDs) and ROM and RAM devices.
- Examples of computer code include machine code, such as produced by a compiler, and files containing higher-level code that are executed by a computer using an interpreter.
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