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Facilities

Outdoor facilities

  • Fixed photovoltaic structures and four two-axis solar trackers.
  • Atmospheric stations to measure all components of irradiance and the main atmospheric parameters.
  • Spectrometers and component cells to characterize the spectral irradiance.
  • Agrivoltaic greenhouse with semitransparent PV technology.
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Indoor facilities

  • Solar simulator (Helios 3198) for photovoltaic and CPV technology characterization.
  • Solar cell solar simulator.
  • Fiber optic spectrometer, integrated sphere, collimated light sources and various optical benches, CCD cameras, thermal control blocks, etc.
  • Instruments to monitor and analyze the performance of cells, modules and systems (IV tracers, electronic loads, etc.).
  • Soldering station, instrumentation for electronic circuits (i.e. multimeters, power supplies, etc.), 3D printer, etc.
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Photovoltaic materials

  • Solar Cells
  • Modules
  • Lenses and mirrors
  • Thermoelectrics, etc.
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Simulation softwares

  • Semiconductor Design (Silvaco ATLAS)
  • Optical ray tracing (TracePro)
  • Electronics (PSpice)
  • Multiphysics FEA (ANSYS-FLUENT or COMSOL)
  • CAD (CATIA or AutoCAD)
  • MATLAB, etc.