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Construction of solar cell angular response measurement system
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Tejas Sherkar carried out his
internship at CREST Loughborough University in early May
until mid-July. The aim of his project was to continue
the development and construction of solar cell angular
response measurement system, to assess misalignment
uncertainties in the calibration processes. This will
enable the STAPP team to reduce the uncertainty in their
inter-comparison measurements.
At the time of start the system was uncompleted with
regards to measurement hardware, circuitry and software.
The following tasks have been achieved:
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The
construction of the enclosure with the
rotating stage of the solar cell and
the laser based light excitation
sub-system was completed. |
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The
design and assembly of the signal
amplifier and conditioning circuitry
necessary to measure the intensity of
the laser and current of the solar
cell was completed. |
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The
measurement and control software using
the LabVIEW platform; which is an
automated software with user interface
that includes the motor control,
sample and reference measurements,
data analysis and data storage was
completed. |
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The
angular response of a solar cell was
successfully measured. |
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