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Applications of Solar Simulation

Accelerating Solar, Aerospace, Automotive, Photovoltaic Manufacturing, and Materials Innovation with LED Class AAA Solar Simulators

A collage of areas using a solar simulator for testing: Aerospace, Wearables, Pharmaceuticals, Textiles, Automotive, Photochemistry, Smart Glass, Photovoltaic research, and Photovoltaic lines.

Research Requiring Class AAA light

We create the most advanced LED solar simulators for the world's leading innovators

If you find yourself here, you must be an expert looking for quality light for your solar simulator application.

You, much like our customers, are changing the world.

Your needs take you to the front lines of developing higher-efficiency solar cells, creating the next generation of sustainable materials, or building superior communication & climate monitoring systems to orbit the Earth and beyond.

All of these applications of solar simulation share one thing in common: the need for Class AAA light in their testing and research applications.

Here are just a few areas our solar simulators were created for:

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What is a Solar Simulator Used For?

Many industries and research fields require a solar simulator. Common places they are found are academic labs, aerospace applications, photochemistry, and photovoltaics, to name a few. More importantly what they all share in common is the need for the accurate replication of the Sun’s light on and off Earth

If the application requires precise results to match the IEC 60904-9:2020 Standards, the best approach is to select a Class AAA solar simulator.

Person writing solar simulation results in an academic lab.

Solar Simulation for Academic Lab

You are the heart of a post-secondary institution lab beating towards a better future. Your years of knowledge in one of these areas: Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, or Physics is what makes you the expert. Your decisions sets your team up for success.

AM0 Space dawn from above the Earth.

Solar Simulation for Aerospace

Your mind isn’t grounded to the Earth. You peer into the vastness of space and the potential to bring about a better tomorrow for everyone on Earth. Your expertise is what makes your work on satellites, spacecraft, and space missions successful.

CubeSat orbiting Earth experience AM0 conditions

Solar Simulation for CubeSats

Your work involves measuring how much technology you can use inside of 1U measurements. What your CubeSat lacks in size it is bolstered by the scientific information it transmits. 

Solar Simulation for LiDAR Sensors

Your LiDAR research has created systems to map the moon to our earth and are moving into the future of autonomous applications. This page is dedicated to showing you how a solar simulator can take your LiDAR research to the next level.

Solar Simulation for Machine Vision Systems

Your machine vision sensors are being found anywhere from production lines to vehicles on roadways and various applications in between. Our page is created to experts in Machine Vision research looking to accelerate the future.

Bubbling Photochemistry reaction in a beaker

Solar Simulation for Photochemistry

Your research is in catalysis, water-splitting, or any other area of photochemistry requiring light to drive your reaction. Our page is dedicated to experts like you looking to take your applications to the next level of change.

Two solar research cells being held in a lab setting.

Solar Simulation for Photovoltaic Cell Labs

Significant scientific change starts small and with an abundance of rigorous lab testing behind it. You are responsible for the leaps and bounds to the future of solar manufacturing by designing the solar research cells of tomorrow. 

Solar wafers on a photovoltaic manufacturing line awaiting solar simulation testing,

Solar Simulation for Photovoltaic Manufacturing Industry

A greener future will capture the sun’s light in a panel. To create that brighter future, your production lines need to run efficiently to maximize their uptimes.

Multi colored Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) panels.

Solar Simulation for Smart Glass

You are blending the beauty of modern design with the innovative world of solar. Your research isn’t just tied to buildings it can also be seen in the future of automotives. 

Weathered metal from solar simulator material testing

Solar Simulation for Weathering & Material Testing

Your research answers the question of how long will the material last. When will the coating fail? Will the material survive the vacuum of space? Failures in the field aren’t an option in your line of work.

Clothing and a smart watch on a man exposed to the sun

Solar Simulation for Wearables Applications

From clothing to smart technology, you study the effects of light, ranging from charging the device to environmental degradation.  You high high-quality light that can be tested anywhere in the world

Solar Simulation for Accelerated Materials Testing

Your research answers the question of how long will the material last. When will the coating fail? Will the material survive the vacuum of space? Failures in the field aren’t an option in your line of work.

Solar Simulation for Aerospace Solar Panel Manufacturing Lines

Thanks to your work on aerospace manufacturing lines, others can power our communications systems, navigation, and the modern technology that keeps the world moving. See how tunable light improves the testing of your multijunction panels on the line without losing production speed. 

Solar Simulators For CubeSats & Small Satellites

Your work involves measuring how much technology you can use inside of 1U-12U measurements. What your satellites lack in size is bolstered by the scientific information they transmit. 

Solar Simulation for Emerging Solar Technologies

Your Monday to Friday is spent forwarding new emerging solar technology like quantum dots, kesterite, and thermophotovoltaics. Explore the benefits of Class A+A+A+ for your work.  

Pyranometer attached to a solar panel and a reference cell being tested under light

Solar Simulation for Industrial Metrology

You spend your days ensuring your work environment stays within spec. You monitor changes and stay ahead of falling out of calibration to uphold the quality your products are expected to achieve. Discover how a tunable LED Class A+A+A+ solar simulator can keep you in calibration.  TODO: Change image size

Solar Simulation for LiDAR Sensors

Your LiDAR research has created systems to map the moon to our earth and are moving into the future of autonomous applications. This page is dedicated to showing you how a Class A+A+A+ solar simulator can take your LiDAR research to the next level.

Solar Simulation for Material Synthesis

You work is dedicated to the creation of the next generation of materials. From coatings to polymers and everything in between. Explore how a solar simulator will keep pace with your innovative ideas. 

Solar Simulation for Multi-junction and Tandems

You see beyond the single junction for the future of solar cells and panels. Your work aims to create a cost-effective, stable, and highly efficient product to meet the world’s energy demands. Our page explores how a Class A+A+A+ solar simulator built with chromatic uniformity and quality make your work in multijunction and tandems easier.

Solar Simulation for Perovskites

Your work examines high-efficiency, low-cost, and flexible solar cells. While there are many sub-areas of thin films, your expertise is in Perovskites. Our page covers the intricacies experts in the field face and how a modern Class A+A+A+ solar simulator can accelerate their work toward commercialization.

Solare cells, waste water, and electrical instruments showcasing the various areas of STEM research labs.

Solar Simulation for Research Labs

Your days are set inside of a research lab in the STEM field. Years of study and experience has made you the expert in shaping your field and the world. If you lab requires a solar simulator for your work than this page covers how a Class A+A+A+ solar simulator from G2V Optics is the blend of LED quality at a Xenon price.

Solar Simulation for Robotics

The next industrial change is coming; your work is already leading it with robotics. In the future, robotic colleagues will assist in tasks across various industries. Explore how a Class A+A+A+ solar simulator can lay the groundwork now for robotic vision work in research, development, and testing.

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Solar Simulation for Scientific Metrology

The standards aren’t going to write themselves. Your days are spent exploring new methods of measurement or innovating current ones to be more reliable and accurate. This is the field of scientific metrology. Dive into how a Class A+A+A+ solar simulator can give you the quality and flexibility you require in making the next set of standards.

Solar Simulator for Silicon Solar Cells

Significant scientific change starts small and with an abundance of rigorous lab testing behind it. By innovating the silicon solar cells of tomorrow, you are responsible for leaps and bounds in the future of solar manufacturing.  See how a solar simulator from G2V Optics can give you an advantage today with the technology of tomorrow.

Solar Simulation for Silicon Panel Manufacturing

A greener future will capture the sun’s light in a panel. To create that brighter future, your production lines need to run efficiently to maximize their uptimes. Our page explores how a new Class A+A+A+ solar simulator will set your lines up for future panel technology without sacrificing the speed of today. 

Solar Simulation for Silicon Panel Manufacturing

A greener future will capture the sun’s light in a panel. To create that brighter future, your production lines need to run efficiently to maximize their uptimes. Our page explores how a new Class A+A+A+ solar simulator will set your lines up for future panel technology without sacrificing the speed of today. 

Solar Simulation for Solar Fuels

An abundance of input is required to create fuel for transportation, processing plants, and critical industries. Your work aims to harness the power of the sun to create hydrocarbons, ammonia, and other solar fuels without the added energy and a green process. Dive into how an LED solar simulator for your solar fuels research can give you control over the photons to optimize your reactions.

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Solar Simulation for Student Labs

The next generation of researchers and scientists spend hours in lectures and labs. Until now, training them on new high-quality instruments has been difficult due to their costs. Explore how our Sunbrick offers tunable Class A+A+A+ quality at a xenon price for the student lab. 

Solar Simulation for Thin Films

Your work looks at the flexibility of thin films as a practical commercial alternative. You work with CdTe, CIGs, or a-SI. While the world is still stuck in a rigid mindset of rectangular panels, you see an opportunity to put solar on everything. Discover how a Class A+A+A+ tunable solar simulator gives you the quality you need and the flexibility you require.

Solar Simulation for Water-Splitting

The applications that relate to water splitting are quite diverse. What matters to you in your day-to-day is that your photocatalytic material gets the right dose of photons for the right wavelengths. Explore how a tunable Class A+A+A+ LED solar simulator gives you the ability to control the photons you require with the quality you need.

Solar Simulation for Water Treatment

From industrial waste to polluted waters, your Monday through Friday explores ways to remediate the water. With all the various chemicals you need to remove and test for, remediating the water isn’t easy. Discover how a tunable solar simulator from G2V Optics can simplify your wastewater applications requiring light.

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Solar Simulators built by two scientists who believe we can help you change the world

Having come from research, Dr. Taschuk and Dr. Tucker realized the market’s lack of accurate tunable solar simulators.

They set out to change this.

Since G2V Optics’ inception, they have created the Pico, the Sunbrick, and various other custom solutions for some of the biggest companies in the world. While the company’s product portfolio grew, so did its global influence. We now employ over 30 people in our Edmonton, Alberta office, have instruments in 40+ countries, and a network of 16 Value-Added Resellers around the globe.

We know what it is like to look for help and be pitched a product instead. This is why to be partners who want to talk through your needs whether it can use our product or not.

Mike and Ryan at manufacturing facility overseeing the assembling of sunbrick solar simulators

Knowledge Base

Our Expertise. Your Home Base.

Our expertise extends beyond our applications for solar simulation page. We make sure that our customers have access to resources that help them understand more about the products we offer. Visit the knowledge base to learn more about LED illumination, Class AAA standards, Angle of Emission and much more. Light knowledge is solar power.

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IEC 60904-9:2020 Standard for Solar Simulators