Test & Measurement
Free Keithley Web-Based Seminar Explores Electrical Characterization of Solar Cells
Keithley Instruments will broadcast a free, web-based seminar titled “Understanding Electrical Characterization of Solar Cells” on Thursday, June 30, 2011. This one-hour seminar will discuss the different measurement techniques that can be used to characterize solar cells and other photovoltaic devices. To register for this event, visit www.keithley.com/events/semconfs/webseminars.
MostThis seminar is recommended for students, engineers, and engineering managers who already have a basic understanding of photovoltaic devices. The presentation will cover a variety of topics:
How to measure short-circuit current (Isc), open circuit voltage (Voc), maximum power output (Pmax), and conversion efficiency
How to select the most appropriate instrumentation for performing these measurements
Best practices for connecting instrumentation to the device under test
Dave Rose, the seminar presenter, is a senior staff applications engineer at Keithley Instruments, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio, which is part of the Tektronix test and measurement portfolio. Dave joined Keithley in 1987 and has spent roughly half of his career in design engineering and the other half in applications engineering.