IEC 60904-1:2020
Photovoltaic devices - Part 1: Measurement of photovoltaic current-voltage characteristics
Dispositifs photovoltaïques - Partie 1: Mesurage des caractéristiques courant-tension des dispositifs photovoltaïques
| Standard number: | IEC 60904-1:2020 |
| Released: | 2020-09-25 |
| Edition: | 3 |
| ICS: | 27.160 |
| Pages (English/French - Bilingual): | 67 |
| ISBN (English/French - Bilingual): | 9782832288146 |
IEC 60904-1:2020
IEC 60904-1:2020 describes procedures for the measurement of current-voltage characteristics (I-V curves) of photovoltaic (PV) devices in natural or simulated sunlight. These procedures are applicable to a single PV solar cell, a sub-assembly of PV solar cells, or a PV module. This document is applicable to non-concentrating PV devices for use in terrestrial environments, with reference to (usually but not exclusively) the global reference spectral irradiance AM1.5 defined in IEC 60904-3.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2006. The main changes with respect to the previous edition are as follows:
- Updated scope to include all conditions.
- Added terms and definitions.
- Reorganised document to avoid unnecessary duplication.
- Added data analysis clause.
- Added informative annexes (area measurement, PV devices with capacitance, dark I-V curves and effect of spatial non-uniformity of irradiance).