IEC Standards IEC 60410 — Sampling plans and procedures for inspection by attributes IEC 60891 — Procedures for temperature and irradiance corrections to measured I-V characteristics of crystalline silicon photovoltaic devices IEC 60904-1 — Photovoltaic devices – Part 1: Measurements of photovoltaic current-voltage characteristics IEC 60904-2 — Photovoltaic devices – Part 2: Requirements for reference solar devices IEC 60904-3 — Photovoltaic devices –Part 3: Measurement principles for terrestrial photovoltaic solar devices with reference spectral irradiance data IEC 60904-5 — Photovoltaic devices – Part 5: Determination of the equivalent cell temperature (ECT) of photovoltaic (PV) devices by the open-circuit voltage method IEC 60904-7 — Photovoltaic devices – Part 7: Computation of spectral mismatch error introduced in the testing of a photovoltaic device IEC 60904-8 — Photovoltaic devices – Part 8: Measurement of spectral response of a photovoltaic (PV) device IEC 60904-9 — Photovoltaic devices – Part 9: Solar simulator performance requirements IEC 60904-10 — Photovoltaic devices – Part 10: Methods of linearity measurement IEC 61646 — Thin-film terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules – Design qualification and type approval IEC 61853-1 — Photovoltaic (PV) module performance testing and energy rating - Part 1: Irradiance and temperature performance measurements and power rating NOTICE: Unless otherwise indicated, all documents cited shall be the latest published versions. Terminology Abbreviations and Acronyms A — cell area (m2) α — temperature coefficient (°C−1) E — irradiance (W⋅m–2) η — efficiency (%) FF — fill factor (%) I — current (A) Isc — short-circuit current (A) MMF — spectral mismatch parameter (or factor) Pmax — maximum power (W) Rs — series resistance (Ω) Rsh — shunt resistance (Ω) T— temperature (°C) V— voltage (V) Voc — open-circuit voltage (V) DUT — device under test RD — reference device TM — temperature monitor SMU — source measurement unit ITP — isothermal test plane CI — control interface SS — solar simulator
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