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http://dx.doi.org/10.21218/CPR.2022.10.4.111

A Study on the Mechanical Reliability of Large-area Bi-facial Glass-to-glass Photovoltaic Modules  

Yohan, Noh (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Jangwon, Yoo (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Jaehyeong, Lee (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Current Photovoltaic Research / v.10, no.4, 2022 , pp. 111-115 More about this Journal
Abstract
For the high efficiency of the photovoltaic module, a high-output solar cell, which is the basis of photovoltaic power generation, is required. As the light receiving area of the solar cell increases, the light receiving area of the photovoltaic module also increases. Accordingly, recent trend is to use large-area solar cells such as M6 and M8 instead of M2-based solar cells for manufacturing the photovoltaic module and a study on the mechanical stiffness of the module with increased size is required. In this study, a mechanical load test corresponding to IEC-61215 was performed among the reliability tests of large-area photovoltaic modules. In order to confirm the degree to which the mechanical load test affects the photovoltaic module, the output and EL images were checked by sequentially increasing the pressure by 600 Pa at a pressure of 2400 Pa. Also, factors such as output and efficiency of large-area photovoltaic modules were verified through mechanical load testing of actual large-area photovoltaic modules and the rate of change was very small at 1%.
Keywords
Bi-facial PV module; Mechanical load test; Electro luminescence;
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