Design of Multijunction Photovoltaic Cells Optimized for Varied Atmospheric Conditions

Table 1

SMARTS and SBDART generated spectra.

Name	Description
SMARTS generated spectra
Base-case	AM1.5, SMARTS defaults
Moderate aerosols	AM1.5, SMARTS defaults with Angstrom’s coefficient of 0.2
Heavy aerosols	AM1.5, SMARTS defaults with Angstrom’s coefficient of 0.4
Mid latitude winter	AM1.5, SMARTS Preset
Mid latitude summer	AM1.5, SMARTS Preset
Subarctic winter	AM1.5, SMARTS Preset
Subarctic summer	AM1.5, SMARTS Preset
Tropics	AM1.5, SMARTS Preset
US62	AM1.5, US 1962 standard atmosphere
SBDART generated spectra
Moderate clouds	AM1.5, SMARTS defaults translated to SBDART, with cloud optical depth of 3
Heavy clouds	AM1.5, SMARTS defaults translated to SBDART, with cloud optical depth of 15