Solar Photovoltaic Cell thermal measurement issues

Abstract

The increasing importance of Solar Photovoltaic Cells in the world energy arena has created the need for thermal measurements of these devices. While no thermal measurement standard currently exists specifically for photovoltaic cells, the semiconductor junction devices are basically diodes and there are diode thermal measurement standards and approaches that can be applied to junction photovoltaic cells. This paper provides an overview how thermal measurements can be made and address related measurement issues.