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It is a nontrivial task to exactly replicate the standard solar spectrum in a laboratory setting. Fortunately, this onerous task is unnecessary, as there are methods for approximating real-world efficiencies from measurements taken using laboratory illumination sources that differ from the reference spectrum. 

The use of a reference cell is one simple method that gives reliable real-world performance estimates based on efficiencies measured in the laboratory where illumination conditions do not match the solar spectrum. This is the accepted 

Standard for determining PV efficiencies in the US [44], A reference cell is a solid-state PV device that has had its calibrated under the AM 1.5 G spectrum. Short-circuit current is the parameter that is most sensitive to the spectral distribution of the light source [44]. It is important that the band gap of the reference cell be as close as possible to the material being tested, because the calibration cell can only correct for spectral mismatch if it absorbs the same portion of the spectrum as the test electrode. Otherwise, a reference cell can be fitted with short-pass filters, to mimic wider band gap devices, and calibrated. Calibration of reference cells can be performed by any of several recognized institutions (NREL, Fraunhofer, AIST, and others). Integration of the spectral response over the AM 1.5 G spectrum is another method that can be used to obtain jsc and yield a reference cell that does not require outside testing. 

Deutsch, J.A. Turner, Direct water splitting under visible light with nanostructured hematite and WO3 photoanodes and a GaInP2 photocathode. J. Electrochem. Soc. 155, F91-F96 (2008) 

Matulionis, F. Zhu, J. Hu, T. Deutsch, A. Kunrath, E. Miller, B. Marsen, A. Madan, Development of a corrosion-resistant amorphous silicon carbide photoelectrode for solar-to-hydrogen photovoltaic/photoelectrochemical devices. Paper presented at Conference on Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology III (2008) 

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Figure Bl.27.8. Schematic view of Picker s flow microcalorimeter. A, reference liquid B, liquid under study P, constant flow circulating pump and 2, Zener diodes acting as heaters T and T2, thennistors acting as temperature sensing devices F, feedback control N, null detector R, recorder Q, themiostat. In the above A is the reference liquid and C2is the reference cell. When B circulates in cell C this cell is the working cell. (Reproduced by pemiission from Picker P, Leduc P-A, Philip P R and Desnoyers J E 1971 J. Chem. Thermo. B41.)...

When a solute elutes from the column, the thermal conductivity of the mobile phase decreases and the temperature of the wire filament, and thus its resistance, increases. A reference cell, through which only the mobile phase passes, corrects for any time-dependent variations in flow rate, pressure, or electrical power, ah of which may lead to a change in the filament s resistance. 

The primary reference method used for measuring carbon monoxide in the United States is based on nondispersive infrared (NDIR) photometry (1, 2). The principle involved is the preferential absorption of infrared radiation by carbon monoxide. Figure 14-1 is a schematic representation of an NDIR analyzer. The analyzer has a hot filament source of infrared radiation, a chopper, a sample cell, reference cell, and a detector. The reference cell is filled with a non-infrared-absorbing gas, and the sample cell is continuously flushed with ambient air containing an unknown amount of CO. The detector cell is divided into two compartments by a flexible membrane, with each compartment filled with CO. Movement of the membrane causes a change in electrical capacitance in a control circuit whose signal is processed and fed to a recorder. 

Besides shear-induced phase transitions, Uquid-gas equilibria in confined phases have been extensively studied in recent years, both experimentally [149-155] and theoretically [156-163]. For example, using a volumetric technique, Thommes et al. [149,150] have measured the excess coverage T of SF in controlled pore glasses (CPG) as a function of T along subcritical isochoric paths in bulk SF. The experimental apparatus, fully described in Ref. 149, consists of a reference cell filled with pure SF and a sorption cell containing the adsorbent in thermodynamic equilibrium with bulk SF gas at a given initial temperature T,- of the fluid in both cells. The pressure P in the reference cell and the pressure difference AP between sorption and reference cell are measured. The density of (pure) SF at T, is calculated from P via an equation of state. 

If electron flow between the electrodes is toward the sample half-cell, reduction occurs spontaneously in the sample half-cell, and the reduction potential is said to be positive. If electron flow between the electrodes is away from the sample half-cell and toward the reference cell, the reduction potential is said to be negative because electron loss (oxidation) is occurring in the sample halfcell. Strictly speaking, the standard reduction potential, is the electromotive force generated at 25°C and pH 7.0 by a sample half-cell (containing 1 M concentrations of the oxidized and reduced species) with respect to a reference half-cell. (Note that the reduction potential of the hydrogen half-cell is pH-dependent. The standard reduction potential, 0.0 V, assumes 1 MH. The hydrogen half-cell measured at pH 7.0 has an of —0.421 V.)... 

Oxidation-reduction potential Because of the interest in bacterial corrosion under anaerobic conditions, the oxidation-reduction situation in the soil was suggested as an indication of expected corrosion rates. The work of Starkey and Wight , McVey , and others led to the development and testing of the so-called redox probe. The probe with platinum electrodes and copper sulphate reference cells has been described as difficult to clean. Hence, results are difficult to reproduce. At the present time this procedure does not seem adapted to use in field tests. Of more importance is the fact that the data obtained by the redox method simply indicate anaerobic situations in the soil. Such data would be effective in predicting anaerobic corrosion by sulphate-reducing bacteria, but would fail to give any information regarding other types of corrosion. 

Manually Controlled System A manually controlled system comprises one or more transformer-rectifiers each with its associated control panels which supply the d.c. to the various anodes installed in the water box spaces. Each transformer-rectifier is provided with its own control panel where each anode is provided with a fuse, shunt and variable resistor. These enable the current to each anode to be adjusted as required. Reference cells should be provided in order to monitor the cathodic protection system. In the case of a major power station, one transformer-rectifier and associated control panel should be provided for separate protection of screens, circulating water pumps and for each main condenser and associated equipment. 

In these instruments the monochromated beam of radiation, from tungsten and deuterium lamp sources, is divided into two identical beams, one of which passes through the reference cell and the other through the sample cell. The signal for the absorption of the contents of the reference cell is automatically subtracted from that from the sample cell giving a net signal corresponding to the absorption for the components in the sample solution. 

Measure the transmittance of the solution at 840 nm or with a red filter with maximum transmission above 700 nm. Charge the reference cell with a solution obtained by taking the iodine-iodide-hydrogencarbonate mixture and treating it with molybdate-hydrazinium sulphate-disulphite as in the actual procedure. 

Fora filter colorimeter use a blue filter (maximum transmission 400-420 nm) a wavelength of 410 nm is employed for a spectrophotometer. In the latter case, the effect of iron, nickel, chromium(III), and other coloured ions not reacting with hydrogen peroxide may be compensated by using a solution of the sample, not treated with hydrogen peroxide, in the reference cell. 

The above considerations will be illustrated by the simultaneous determination of manganese and chromium in steel and other ferro-alloys. The absorption spectra of 0.001 M permanganate and dichromate ions in 1M sulphuric acid, determined with a spectrophotometer and against 1M sulphuric acid in the reference cell, are shown in Fig. 17.20. For permanganate, the absorption maximum is at 545 nm, and a small correction must be applied for dichromate absorption. Similarly the peak dichromate absorption is at 440 nm, at which permanganate only absorbs weakly. Absorbances for these two ions, individually and in mixtures, obey Beer s Law provided the concentration of sulphuric acid is at least 0.5M. Iron(III), nickel, cobalt, and vanadium absorb at 425 nm and 545 nm, and should be absent or corrections must be made. 

The differential refractometer monitors the deflection of a light beam caused by the difference in refractive index between the contents of the sample cell and those of the reference cell. A beam of light from an... 

We use differential scanning calorimetry - which we invariably shorten to DSC - to analyze the thermal properties of polymer samples as a function of temperature. We encapsulate a small sample of polymer, typically weighing a few milligrams, in an aluminum pan that we place on top of a small heater within an insulated cell. We place an empty sample pan atop the heater of an identical reference cell. The temperature of the two cells is ramped at a precise rate and the difference in heat required to maintain the two cells at the same temperature is recorded. A computer provides the results as a thermogram, in which heat flow is plotted as a function of temperature, a schematic example of which is shown in Fig. 7.13. 

The fluid from the tube or the core leaves the valve through port 5 and enters the inlet of the sample cell of the differential refractometer (made by Knauer of West Germany). The residue flows out of the sample cell to the waste. The reference cell contains... 

Reference Cell Type Lycopene Treatment Solvent Incubation Measurement and Methods... 

Characterization of the reaction intermediate is facilitated by studies in a flow system in which the sample cell and a reference cell are mounted in series in a double beam spectrometer (IS). Not only can we observe the intermediate bands under rigorous steady state conditions, but we can monitor the conversion by sampling the effluent. In addition, the reference cell assures the spectrum we see is that of surface species. Primitive analysis of the kinetics reveals the intermediate is favored by relatively high ethylene pressures hence, use of a reference cell to cancel contributions of the gas phase is an important factor. 

The Petit-Eyraud apparatus is a differential calorimeter but it is not a twin calorimeter. The reference cell serves also as a heat sink of limited heat capacity, since it collects, at least transiently, the heat flowing along... 

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