Insulation or Irradiance: Exploring Why Bifacial Photovoltaics Run Hot

Bryan M. Cote; Ian M. Slauch; Timothy J. Silverman; Michael G. Deceglie; Vivian E. Ferry

doi:10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518868

Insulation or Irradiance: Exploring Why Bifacial Photovoltaics Run Hot

Bryan M. Cote, Ian M. Slauch, Timothy J. Silverman, Michael G. Deceglie, Vivian E. Ferry

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Abstract

Bifacial photovoltaics are predicted to become the dominant device architecture over the next couple of years, but their thermal performance is not yet well understood. In this study, we model the thermal effects of different backside lamination materials on the performance of bifacial PERC cells. Glass-glass laminated cells were found to operate hotter than equivalent glass-polymer backsheet packed cells. This was solely due to the increased absorption of rear side incident light.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1228-1232
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665419222
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518868
State	Published - Jun 20 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021 - Fort Lauderdale, United States Duration: Jun 20 2021 → Jun 25 2021

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Conference	48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	Fort Lauderdale
Period	6/20/21 → 6/25/21

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Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors thank Dr. Silvana Ayala for helpful discussions. This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency (EERE) under the Solar Energy Technologies Office Award DEEE0008542. Part of this work was performed with equipment supported by funding from the National Science Foundation through the UMN MRSEC under Award DMR-2011401. The authors acknowledge the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute (MSI) at the University of Minnesota for providing resources that contributed to the research results reported within this paper. This work was authored in part by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, the manager and operator of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under Contract DE-AC36-08GO28308. Funding was provided also provided by the Engineering Research Center Program of the National Science Foundation and under NSF Cooperative Agreement EEC-1041895. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Department of Energy or the United States government. The U.S. Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this work, or allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes.

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Keywords

bifacial photovoltaics
computer simulation
optics
thermal conductivity
thermal management

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Cote, B. M., Slauch, I. M., Silverman, T. J., Deceglie, M. G., & Ferry, V. E. (2021). Insulation or Irradiance: Exploring Why Bifacial Photovoltaics Run Hot. In 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021 (pp. 1228-1232). (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518868

Insulation or Irradiance: Exploring Why Bifacial Photovoltaics Run Hot. / Cote, Bryan M.; Slauch, Ian M.; Silverman, Timothy J. et al.
2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. p. 1228-1232 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Cote, BM, Slauch, IM, Silverman, TJ, Deceglie, MG & Ferry, VE 2021, Insulation or Irradiance: Exploring Why Bifacial Photovoltaics Run Hot. in 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1228-1232, 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021, Fort Lauderdale, United States, 6/20/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518868

Cote BM, Slauch IM, Silverman TJ, Deceglie MG, Ferry VE. Insulation or Irradiance: Exploring Why Bifacial Photovoltaics Run Hot. In 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2021. p. 1228-1232. (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). doi: 10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518868

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