The Influence of UV Light Exposure on the Reliability of Various Front Materials for Lightweight PV Module
The need for innovative design and materials is increasing for various types of photovoltaic (PV) installations in building integrated PV, agricultural, and floating systems. It is crucial to reduce the weight of the PV module to maximize its use in such applications. For this purpose, the front sur...
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| author | Muhammad Aleem Zahid Sungheon Kim In-Sung Jung Seong-Hwan Kang Young-Hyun Cho Eun-Chel Cho Junsin Yi |
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| description | The need for innovative design and materials is increasing for various types of photovoltaic (PV) installations in building integrated PV, agricultural, and floating systems. It is crucial to reduce the weight of the PV module to maximize its use in such applications. For this purpose, the front surface must be made of a polymer-based material instead of tempered glass. This study focuses on the analysis of the optical and ultraviolet (UV) reliability properties of various lightweight polymer front sheets. The results show that the transmittance and UV properties of the front material are good. Moreover, a PV module with a polymer front sheet rather than glass was constructed, and a characteristic investigation as well as UV reliability test were performed. The transmittance of the polycarbonate (PC) front sheet decreased by only <3% and the module fabricated with PC exhibited only an approximately 6% power drop after the UV reliability test; hence, the PC is suitable for use in the PV module industry. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f5d28958831434488e200ff2b1730f32023-11-23T20:09:40ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-09-011519689410.3390/en15196894The Influence of UV Light Exposure on the Reliability of Various Front Materials for Lightweight PV ModuleMuhammad Aleem Zahid0Sungheon Kim1In-Sung Jung2Seong-Hwan Kang3Young-Hyun Cho4Eun-Chel Cho5Junsin Yi6Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, KoreaInterdisciplinary Program, Photovoltaic System Engineering Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, KoreaNew and Renewable Energy Material Development Center (NewREC), Chonbuk National University, Chonbuk 54896, KoreaNew and Renewable Energy Material Development Center (NewREC), Chonbuk National University, Chonbuk 54896, KoreaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, KoreaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, KoreaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, KoreaThe need for innovative design and materials is increasing for various types of photovoltaic (PV) installations in building integrated PV, agricultural, and floating systems. It is crucial to reduce the weight of the PV module to maximize its use in such applications. For this purpose, the front surface must be made of a polymer-based material instead of tempered glass. This study focuses on the analysis of the optical and ultraviolet (UV) reliability properties of various lightweight polymer front sheets. The results show that the transmittance and UV properties of the front material are good. Moreover, a PV module with a polymer front sheet rather than glass was constructed, and a characteristic investigation as well as UV reliability test were performed. The transmittance of the polycarbonate (PC) front sheet decreased by only <3% and the module fabricated with PC exhibited only an approximately 6% power drop after the UV reliability test; hence, the PC is suitable for use in the PV module industry.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/19/6894photovoltaicspolymer materialtransmittanceultraviolet teststability |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Aleem Zahid Sungheon Kim In-Sung Jung Seong-Hwan Kang Young-Hyun Cho Eun-Chel Cho Junsin Yi The Influence of UV Light Exposure on the Reliability of Various Front Materials for Lightweight PV Module Energies photovoltaics polymer material transmittance ultraviolet test stability |
| title | The Influence of UV Light Exposure on the Reliability of Various Front Materials for Lightweight PV Module |
| title_full | The Influence of UV Light Exposure on the Reliability of Various Front Materials for Lightweight PV Module |
| title_fullStr | The Influence of UV Light Exposure on the Reliability of Various Front Materials for Lightweight PV Module |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of UV Light Exposure on the Reliability of Various Front Materials for Lightweight PV Module |
| title_short | The Influence of UV Light Exposure on the Reliability of Various Front Materials for Lightweight PV Module |
| title_sort | influence of uv light exposure on the reliability of various front materials for lightweight pv module |
| topic | photovoltaics polymer material transmittance ultraviolet test stability |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/19/6894 |
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