| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 16, 2017
11th European Space Power Conference
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| Article Number | 02001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Power Generation: Solar Cells & Generators Testing | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20171602001 | |
| Published online | 23 May 2017 | |
Casolba: Balloon Calibration of Solar Cells
1 CNES, 18 avenue Edouard Belin 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
2 European Space Agency (ESA), Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands
etienne.rapp@cnes.fr
valerie.pichetto@cnes.fr
christian.elisabelar@cnes.fr
denis.bausch@cnes.fr
carsten.baur@esa.int
In order to make accurate measurements, sun simulators used for solar cell characterisation need to be calibrated with standard solar cells. These so-called secondary working standards are derived from primary reference cells and are used for every cell measurement.
To generate primary reference cells, balloon calibration campaigns are a good compromise between accuracy, flight opportunity and cost.
CNES calibrates primary standards with stratospheric balloon flights since 1976. Safety rules limited the flight opportunities, so it was not possible to propose the calibration service since 2005.
A new balloon facility is developed in CNES with the help of ESA in order to calibrate space solar cells with high accuracy. The first flight is planned in April 2017 in Alice Springs, Australia.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017
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