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LEDs copy the sun

Metrology: Higher solar cell efficiencies are essential for further cost reduction of PV electricity. But the way efficiency is measured also has to keep up with the increasing requirements of the maturing PV industry. The CEO of Wavelabs, Dr. Torsten Brammer, and Christian Leers of Accelios Solar report on the benefits and challenges of replacing conventional Xenon lamps in solar simulators with LED technology.

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pv magazine

02 Sep 2013

Pulsed (AC) and continuous (DC) xenon lamps have been the standard light sources for efficiency measurement since the beginning of industrial solar cell manufacturing. As a result of giant leaps in solid-state lighting technology, LED-based light sources promise to be a better approach for various reasons. The main reason is that LEDs provide the opportunity …

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