TY - GEN
T1 - Impact of Anti-soiling Coating on Potential Induced Degradation of Silicon PV modules
AU - Mahmood, Farrukh Ibne
AU - Tamizhmani, Govinda Samy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Potential induced degradation of the shunting type (PID-s) can adversely affect module performance. Most of the current solutions to mitigate PID require changes in the manufacturing process. This paper presents an approach to reduce PID-s in crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic (PV) modules after module manufacturing by applying an off-the-shelf anti-soiling (AS) coating on the front glass surface. Two identical one-cell modules, one with AS coating and the other without the AS layer, were stressed in an indoor environmental chamber for PID-s. The results indicate that the AS coating application reduces power (Pmax) degradation by nearly half (53%) compared to the module stressed without the AS coating. The outcome of this study can help reduce PID-s of modules after manufacturing.
AB - Potential induced degradation of the shunting type (PID-s) can adversely affect module performance. Most of the current solutions to mitigate PID require changes in the manufacturing process. This paper presents an approach to reduce PID-s in crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic (PV) modules after module manufacturing by applying an off-the-shelf anti-soiling (AS) coating on the front glass surface. Two identical one-cell modules, one with AS coating and the other without the AS layer, were stressed in an indoor environmental chamber for PID-s. The results indicate that the AS coating application reduces power (Pmax) degradation by nearly half (53%) compared to the module stressed without the AS coating. The outcome of this study can help reduce PID-s of modules after manufacturing.
KW - anti-soiling coating
KW - Potential induced degradation (PID)
KW - PV modules
KW - reliability
KW - solar cell characterization
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U2 - 10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938758
DO - 10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938758
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85142862036
T3 - Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
SP - 1198
EP - 1200
BT - 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, PVSC 2022
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 49th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, PVSC 2022
Y2 - 5 June 2022 through 10 June 2022
ER -