SolidPV (2025-2028)

Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation

Metrology Research Institute is involved in project Solid-PV

The project

Bifacial solar cell being measured — Fig 1. A solar cell being measured for its differential spectral responsivity (DSR) at Aalto. Aalto used DSR to calculate responsivities that the cells would have for various light sources specified for comparisons. [1, 2]

Publications and references

1. Petri Kärhä, Hans Baumgartner, Janne Askola, Kasperi Kylmänen, Benjamin Oksanen, Kinza Maham, Vo Huynh, and Erkki Ikonen, “Measurement setup for differential spectral responsivity of solar cells,” Opt. Rev. 27, 195–204 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-020-00584-x

2. A. Eghbali Yeldagermani, E. Ikonen, and P. Kärhä, “Differential Spectral Responsivity of Solar Cells Measured with an LED Based Experimental Setup,” in proceedings of 2023 Middle East and North Africa Solar Conference (MENA-SC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2023, pp. 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/MENA-SC54044.2023.10374492.

3. Iikka Huttu, Power output of solar cells in an LED-lit office building from the point of view of internet of things, BSc. thesis, Aalto University, 34 p, 2021 (in Finnish). http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-202201251390

4. Kinza Maham, Petri Kärhä, and Erkki Ikonen, “Spectral mismatch uncertainty estimation in solar cell calibration using Monte Carlo simulation,” IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 13, 899 – 904 (2023). DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2023.3311890

5. Malte Ruben Vogt, Stefan Riechelmann, Ana Maria Gracia-Amillo, Anton Driesse, Alexander Kokka, Kinza Maham, Petri Kärhä, Robert Kenny, Carsten Schinke, Karsten Bothe, James C. Blakesley, Esma Music, Fabian Plag, Gabi Friesen, Gianluca Corbellini, Nicholas Riedel-Lyngskær, Roland Valckenborg, Markus Schweiger, and Werner Herrmann, ”PV Module Energy Rating Standard IEC 61853-3 Intercomparison and Best Practice Guidelines for Implementation and Validation,” IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 12, 844-852 (2022). DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2021.3135258

6. Data from PV module energy rating standard IEC 61853-3 intercomparison, Friesen, G. (Contributor), Kokka, A. (Contributor), Riechelmann, S. (Contributor), Valckenborg, R. (Contributor), Plag (Contributor), Schinke, C. (Contributor), Kenny, R. (Contributor), Corbellini, G. (Contributor), Schweiger, M. (Contributor), Bothe, K. (Contributor), Herrmann, W. (Contributor), Gracia-Amillo, A. M. (Contributor), Driesse, A. (Contributor), Riedel-Lyngskær, N. (Contributor), Vogt, M. R. (Contributor), Music, E. (Contributor), Maham, K. (Contributor), Kärhä, P. (Contributor) & Blakesley, J. C. (Contributor), Zenodo, 18 Dec 2021 (Dataset). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5750185, https://zenodo.org/record/5750185

Updated: 7.9.2026
Published: 7.9.2026

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