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The spectral response of several silicon solar cells was measured under illumination levels varying from approximately 1 mW/cm2 (0.01 sun) up to 12,500 mW/cm2 (125 suns) for 11 wavelengths distributed over the solar spectrum. The spectral response was found to increase with incrasing concentration for each of the wavelengths. The spectral response for the shorter wavelengths increased by 1 to 40% while for the longer wavelengths it increased by 4 to 90%.
This work was supported by the US Dept. of Energy through Contract 49-1510 with Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM USA
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C.E. Backus, et al., “The Effects of Concentrated Sunlight on Silicon Solar Cells,” 2nd European Community Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, West Berlin, Apr 1979.
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Chambers, B.C., Backus, C.E. (1981). Measurement of the Spectral Response of Silicon Solar Cells Under Highly Illuminated Conditions. In: Palz, W. (eds) Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8423-3_61
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