CSIRO

Site

Photovoltaics Performance Laboratory

Accreditation No.

165

Site No.

22466

Date of Accreditation

19 Jan 2015

Address

10 Murray Dwyer Circuit
Mayfield West, NSW 2304
Australia

csiro.au

Contact

Dr Chris Fell P: +61 (02) 49606032

Availability

Services available to external clients

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Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Photovoltaics Performance Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Manufactured Goods

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Evaluation of solar appliance and photovoltaic system performance Photovoltaic cells Photovoltaic cell area measurement Optical imaging

in-house method PWI3-area

Range 1 mm2 to 256 cm2

Single junction, single cell, monofacial packaged units only
A "packaged unit" is defined as a cell mounted on a plate with electrical contact to the electrodes available via attached wires, possibly terminated with a plug. 
Spectral responsivity Variable wavelength monochromatic light source

IEC 60904-8

Range 300 nm to 1700 nm

Single junction, single cell, monofacial packaged units only

A "packaged unit" is defined as a cell mounted on a plate with electrical contact to the electrodes available via attached wires, possibly terminated with a plug. 
Photovoltaic current-voltage measurement Solar irradiance simulator

IEC 60904-1

Ranges of -10 to +10 A DC, with a minimum current measurement of ± 100 μA, and -10 to +10 V DC

Single junction, single cell, monofacial packaged units only

A "packaged unit" is defined as a cell mounted on a plate with electrical contact to the electrodes available via attached wires, possibly terminated with a plug. 

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