The Influence of UV Light Exposure on the Reliability of Various Front Materials for Lightweight PV Module

Autor: Muhammad Aleem Zahid, Sungheon Kim, In-Sung Jung, Seong-Hwan Kang, Young-Hyun Cho, Eun-Chel Cho, Junsin Yi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Energies, Vol 15, Iss 19, p 6894 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en15196894
Popis: 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
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