Experiment Based Teaching of Solar Cell Operation and Characterization Using the SolarLab Platform

Sergiu Spataru; Dezso Sera; Tamas Kerekes; Remus Teodorescu; Petru Adrian Cotfas; Daniel Tudor Cotfas

Experiment Based Teaching of Solar Cell Operation and Characterization Using the SolarLab Platform

Sergiu Spataru, Dezso Sera, Tamas Kerekes, Remus Teodorescu, Petru Adrian Cotfas, Daniel Tudor Cotfas

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Experiment based teaching methods are a great way to get students involved and interested in almost any topic. This paper presents such a hands-on approach for teaching solar cell operation principles along with characterization and modelling methods. This is achieved with the SolarLab platform which is a laboratory teaching tool developed at Transylvania University of Brasov. Using this platform, solar cells can be characterized under various illumination, temperature and angle of light incidence. Additionally, the SolarLab platform includes guided exercises and intuitive graphical user interfaces for exploring different solar cell principles and topics.
The exercises presented in the current paper have been adapted from the original exercises developed for the SolarLab platform and are currently included in the Photovoltaic Power Systems courses (MSc and PhD level) taught at the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Teaching in Photovoltaics
Number of pages	9
Volume	7
Place of Publication	Prague
Publisher	Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Publication date	2014
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	7th International Workshop on Teaching in Photovoltaics - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 27 Mar 2014 → 28 Mar 2014

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Conference	7th International Workshop on Teaching in Photovoltaics
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	27/03/2014 → 28/03/2014

Keywords

Solar cell
Characterization
Experiment based
Modelling
Teaching

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SPVSYS: Smart Photovoltaic Systems
Teodorescu, R., Séra, D., Kerekes, T., Borup, U., Spataru, S. V. & Bogdan, C.
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01/01/2011 → 31/07/2015
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Spataru, S, Sera, D, Kerekes, T , Teodorescu, R, Cotfas, PA & Cotfas, DT 2014, Experiment Based Teaching of Solar Cell Operation and Characterization Using the SolarLab Platform. in Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Teaching in Photovoltaics. vol. 7, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Prague, 7th International Workshop on Teaching in Photovoltaics, Prague, Czech Republic, 27/03/2014.

Experiment Based Teaching of Solar Cell Operation and Characterization Using the SolarLab Platform. / Spataru, Sergiu; Sera, Dezso; Kerekes, Tamas et al.
Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Teaching in Photovoltaics. Vol. 7 Prague: Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, 2014.

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