Available Facilities

• IPVF Outdoor Platform

  Outdoor Testing

  

  Focus: performance monitoring of photovoltaic technologies, with particular emphasis on thin-film perovskite devices

  Electrical Measurement Capabilities

  • 26 measurement channels currently operational
  • Configurable under three modes:
    • Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT)
    • Fixed resistance
    • Open-circuit conditions
  • Current-voltage (IV) measurements follow perovskite-specific protocols
  • Each IV point is synchronized with corresponding irradiance level for precise data treatment and analysis
  • Operando dark IV measurements available upon request
  • Planned expansion to 32 parallel channels by October 2025
  • Supports monitoring of perovskite modules mounted on two-axis solar trackers

  Environmental Monitoring

  • Data collected every 1 minute, including:
    • Weather conditions: temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction
    • Broadband and spectral irradiance
    • UV index
    • Solar spectrum
  • Data forms part of the Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN), ensuring high accuracy and traceability
  • Includes Radflux measurements for thermal performance analysis

  Data Management

  • All raw data automatically stored and processed
  • Custom-built system enabling real-time visualization and monitoring

• AI-Driven Reliability & Degradation Analysis

  Virtual Access

  

  Combines reliability testing with AI-driven modelling to predict degradation and improve energy-yield forecasting for next-gen PV

  • Covers: performance/degradation analysis, AI-based characterization, digital twins, real-time data analysis, multi-technique imaging, IV diagnostics, energy yield, failure detection, and explainable forecasting

  Facility Capabilities

  • Multi-technique characterization: imaging (KP, luminescence), IV diagnostics, energy yield assessment
  • AI models couple characterization data with predictive analysis to build a digital twin for real-time monitoring and diagnostics
  • Supports failure detection and degradation forecasting, with focus on explainability and traceability

• IPVF Indoor Platform

  Indoor Testing

  

  Uses reference-grade instrumentation to support R&D across three core areas: characterization, prototyping, and accelerated aging

  Characterization

  • Covers optical, morphological, and optoelectronic measurements
  • Includes luminescence techniques:
    • Electroluminescence (EL)
    • Photoluminescence (PL)
  • Calibrated electrical and spectral tests available for:
    • Single-junction devices
    • Tandem devices

  Prototyping

  • Precision scribing
  • Stack assembly
  • Vacuum lamination, up to 1050 × 560 mm

  Accelerated Ageing

  • Multiple climatic chambers available
  • Multiple continuous light soakers available
  • Enables implementation of the full ISOS protocol, including intrinsic protocols
  • In-situ monitoring incorporated when needed