Designation:E1362−15(Reapproved2019)AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardTestMethodsforCalibrationofNon-ConcentratorPhotovoltaicNon-PrimaryReferenceCells1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1362;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thesetestmethodscovercalibrationandcharacteriza-tionofnon-primaryterrestrialphotovoltaicreferencecellstoadesiredreferencespectralirradiancedistribution.Therecom-mendedphysicalrequirementsforthesereferencecellsaredescribedinSpecificationE1040.Referencecellsareprinci-pallyusedinthedeterminationoftheelectricalperformanceofaphotovoltaicdevice.1.2Non-primaryreferencecellsarecalibratedindoorsusingsimulatedsunlightoroutdoorsinnaturalsunlightbyreferencetoapreviouslycalibratedreferencecell,whichisreferredtoasthecalibrationsourcedevice.1.2.1Thenon-primarycalibrationwillbewithrespecttothesamereferencespectralirradiancedistributionasthatofthecalibrationsourcedevice.1.2.2ThecalibrationsourcedevicemaybeaprimaryreferencecellcalibratedinaccordancewithTestMethodE1125,oranon-primaryreferencecellcalibratedinaccor-dancewiththesetestmethods.1.2.3Forthespecialcaseinwhichthecalibrationsourcedeviceisaprimaryreferencecell,theresultingnon-primaryreferencecellisalsoreferredtoasasecondaryreferencecell.1.3Non-primaryreferencecellscalibratedaccordingtothesetestmethodswillhavethesameradiometrictraceabilityasthatofthecalibrationsourcedevice.Therefore,ifthecalibrationsourcedeviceistraceabletotheWorldRadiometricReference(WRR,seeTestMethodE816),theresultingsec-ondaryreferencecellwillalsobetraceabletotheWRR.1.4Thesetestmethodsapplyonlytothecalibrationofaphotovoltaiccellthatdemonstratesalinearshort-circuitcurrentversusirradiancecharacteristicoveritsintendedrangeofuse,asdefinedinTestMethodE1143.1.5Thesetestmethodsapplyonlytothecalibrationof...
