A course in Si solar cell design
The solar spectrum
The solar constant
The extraterrestrial (am0) solar spectrum
Intensity or photon flux?
There are lots of photons in the infrared
Comparison with the blackbody radiation - Planck's law
Why is there a standard am0 spectrum necessary?
Influences of the earth atmosphere on the solar spectrum
Two mechanisms for atmospheric absorption of sunlight
Atmospheric absorption - an overview
Scattering of sunlight in the atmosphere
Albedo
The reflectance of the ground
The air mass (am)
Variability of the terrestrial spectrum
The global (am1.5g) standard spectrum
The direct (am1.5d) standard spectrum
The software SMARTS
Calculations of the solar spectrum with SMARTS
A mind-map of this lecture