Industry - Electrochromic (smart) glass

Solar Simulator For Your Electrochromic Research

Probe Your Glass’s Unique Spectral Behaviour

Solar Simulation Trusted By These Companies

Flexible Illumination with Unbeaten Spectral Match

Sunglasses. Auto tint. Photochromic, switchable smart glass. You’re developing and manufacturing the next generation of glass technology that’s far more than just a window. There’s incredible structure and uniqueness sheathed between the panes of your innovation.

Your materials exhibit some of the most advanced known glass principles and technology, such as dynamic thermochromic glazing, integrated sun protection, and liquid-crystal polymers. You need glass that resists breakage while maintaining optical clarity, touch sensitivity and damage resistance. You’re on the leading edge, and your materials are finely tuned to give precise results.

You need a reproducible light to output the exact spectrum required, no questions asked. But you also need a light you can adjust to investigate the unexpected spectral properties you’ll encounter en route.

G2V’s solar simulators give you the best of both worlds: the lowest spectral deviation and best spectral match of any commercial solar simulator, along with the ability to tune and customize any LED on the system.

Multi-tool lights that don’t compromise.

Featured Innovations

The Most Advanced Technology For Your Cutting Edge Research

You’re building something great. Our solar replication technologies mean you don’t have to worry about accurate light.

Small form factor to integrate well into existing setups and equipment
Connect to LAN or Wi-Fi networks and control it from the comfort of a web browser
Intensity and wavelength control to investigate key spectral sensitivities
Reproduce indoor or outdoor light with the click of a button

Exceptional sunlight to quickly validate your samples and accelerate your glass tech’s development.

Tileable into arbitrary array sizes to scale with the size of your glass samples
Intensity and wavelength control to investigate key spectral sensitivities
Python API and LabView DLL for automated test cycles and diurnal simulations
Low LED drive currents to maximize lifetime and reliability

How the Sunbrick Charged SWITCH Materials Automotive Glass

Problem: SWITCH Materials had developed switchable, photochromic glass technology that was ready to commercialize in the automotive sector. They’d demonstrated its functionality at small scales but needed to execute a litany of certification tests on larger, sunroof-sized substrates.

Innovation: G2V provided them with a custom visible spectrum (400 nm – 700 nm ) array of 128 Sunbricks to provide illumination in a 2 m x 4 m area that minimized cost while still producing the key spectral signatures they were interested in.

Outcome: SWITCH Materials was able to execute full-module glass testing and make steady progress on meeting the many rigorous requirements needed for certification and approval in the automotive sector.

Featured Innovation

The Sunbrick Class AAA Large-Area LED Solar Simulator

Better testing illuminates the future with higher-quality predictions.

Whether you’re developing sunglasses or windshields, smartphones or EV sunroofs, your devices need to be tested with a large, uniform sunlight source. G2V’s Sunbrick Class AAA LED solar simulator is built to accommodate your testing in early samples, as well as when you scale up to full prototypes. Its tileable nature means it can grow with your product development.

Some of its features include:

Large base 20 cm x 20 cm area to fully illuminate your samples
Tileable into arbitrary array sizes to scale with your sample sizes
Exceptional Class A spectral match to accurately test spectral sensitivity
Individual LED control of up to 36 channels to probe any spectral regions of interest

It gets the job done, so you can get the results you need.

How Solar Simulators are Qualified for Demanding Tests

You have high standards for the light you need. You know your glass well, but you might not be sure about what light source is the right fit for you.

Our comprehensive solar simulation article can help you better understand what considerations are taken into account in the construction and classification of solar simulators, so you can make informed requests for information as you’re seeking a test solution.

Some of the topics covered include:

How light is standardized
Nomenclature for different spectra
The pros and cons of different solar simulator types

G2V's FAQs

Can we send you a sample to see if our glass works with your solar simulator?

Yes! We’ve done live-streamed demonstration tests on customer samples in the past, and if you have particular spectral concerns that might be addressed by a demonstration, we’d be happy to try and arrange that.

Can you reproduce the spectrum produced by a welding torch?

Welding torches typically have very sharp spectral emissions which don’t necessarily align with the peaks produced by the LEDs in our solar simulator. However, we recommend getting in contact and we can share the best spectral match we’d be able to produce for this spectrum, and you can assess if it meets your needs.

What is the Sunbrick’s beam shape versus working distance?

The Sunbrick’s uniform area is square-shaped, and it decreases in size as you increase the working distance and move farther from the working plane. As long as you’re within the central region, the intensity drop-off is minimal and is likely still within your requirements, allowing you some flexibility to illuminate substrates that have depth as well as length and width.

Can you produce the standard illuminant spectra from ISO 11664-2?

For any spectrum outside of the standard air masses like AM1.5G and AM0, we recommend getting in touch with us so we can provide advanced information on the expected spectral match we can produce, so you can make an informed decision. If you decide to purchase, we will include calibration against the spectral standard(s) you provide.

Knowledge Base

Our Expertise. Your Home Base.

We make sure that our customers have access to resources that help them understand more not only about the products we offer, but related applications and standards. Visit the knowledge base to learn more about LED illumination, Class AAA standards, Photovoltaics and much more. Knowledge is solar power.

IEC 60904-9:2020 Standard for Solar Simulators

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G2V and NREL collaborate to Validate LED Solar Simulators and improve Multi-Junction Testing

Solar Simulation

Talk to a Light Expert Who’s Just as Passionate About Excellence

You’re developing glass substrates with pristine surfaces, excellent thermal stability, and high uniformity. You need to assess lightfastness properties like fade, colour change, gloss and tackiness caused by the sun. Or maybe you’re developing an electrochromic film for photochromic lenses, and need to make sure they perform under different irradiation conditions.

No matter what your glass application, you’re passionate about producing an exceptional, high-quality product, and you need your solar simulator to support you every step of the way.

Get in touch with us and discover how we treat every customer relationship as a partnership, with ongoing support and the care and attention to ensure you get the solution and results to match your world-class products.