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Device that approximates natural sunlight
A solar simulator is a device that provides illumination approximating natural sunlight. The purpose of the solar simulator is to provide a controllable indoor test facility under laboratory conditions. It can be used for the testing of any processes or materials that are photosensitive, including solar cells, sun screen, cosmetics, plastics, aerospace materials, skin cancer, bioluminescence, photosynthesis, water treatment, crude-oil degradation, and free radical formation. Solar simulators are used in a wide range of research areas including photobiology, photo-oxidation, photodegradation, photovoltaics, and photocatalysis. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Solar simulatorA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: An extensive study on multiple ETL and HTL layers to design and simulation of high-performance lead-free CsSnCl3-based perovskite solar cellsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Performance data for passive systemsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Solar simulator for concentrator photovoltaic systemsCited 118 times
- Go sideways: PyranometerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Air mass (solar energy)A closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Solar simulator for concentrator photovoltaic systems
A low cost high flux solar simulator
Calibration of solar simulator for evaluation of dye-sensitized solar cells
A Low-Cost LED-Based Solar Simulator
Effective Low-Cost Hybrid LED-Halogen Solar Simulator
Solid-State Solar Simulator
Data-constrained Solar Modeling with GX Simulator
The PLATO Solar-like Light-curve Simulator
🆕 Influential since 2022
An extensive study on multiple ETL and HTL layers to design and simulation of high-performance lead-free CsSnCl3-based perovskite solar cells
LED-based solar simulator for terrestrial solar spectra and orientations
A flexibly controllable high-flux solar simulator for concentrated solar energy research from extreme magnitudes to uniform distributions
∂PV: An end-to-end differentiable solar-cell simulator
Small-Signal Stability Analysis With Approximated PV Model for Solar Array Simulator
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Performance data for passive systemsBickle/CM Inc. · 1980
- 📕Direct solar-pumped iodine laser amplifierKwang S. Han · 1985
- 📕Low-cost, air mass 2 solar simulatorKenneth Yass · 1974
- 📕Alignment and initial operation of an advanced solar simulatorDonald A. Jaworske · 1996
- 📕"Global magnetohydrodynamic modeling of the solar corona"Jon A. Linker · 1997
The orreryCaxton C. Foster · 1999- 📕Terrestrial solar spectra, solar simulation, and solar cell efficiency measurementRichard J Matson · 1981
- 📕Terrestrial solar spectra, solar simulation, and solar cell efficiency measurementRichard J. Matson · 1981
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