A Study on the Output and Reliability Characteristics of Ultra Barrier Film PV Module

Jong Rok Lim; Woo Gyun Shin; Hee Sang Yoon; Yong Sung Kim; Young-Chul Ju; Suk-Whan Ko; Gi-Hwan Kang; Hye-Mi Hwang

doi:10.7836/kses.2019.39.5.001

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A Study on the Output and Reliability Characteristics of Ultra Barrier Film PV Module 고분자 보호 필름을 적용한 태양광 모듈의 출력 및 신뢰성에 관한 연구

30 October 2019. pp. 1-10

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Abstract

Recently, the installation capacity of PV (photovoltaic) systems has been increasing not only field installation but also floating PV, farm land, BIPV/BAPV. For this reason, the new design and materials of PV module are needed. In particular, in order to apply a PV system to a building, lightweight of the PV module is essential. PV modules made of generally used texturing glass are excellent in output and reliability, but there is a limit to the weight that can be reduced. For the lightweight of the PV module, it necessary to use a film instead of a glass. However, the application of film rather than a glass may cause various problems such as decrease in photocurrent by decrease in transmittance and a increase of CTM (cell to module) loss, a degradation of the reliability, and so on. In this paper, PV modules using Ultra barrier film, which is recently a lot of interest as a substitute for a glass, its characteristic analysis and reliability test were conducted. The transmittance and UV characteristics of each material were verified, and the output of the fabricated 1 cell PV module was measured. In addition, 24 cell PV modules were fabricated at the lab-scale and its reliability tests were conducted. As a result of the experiment, the reliability characteristics of the ultra barrier film PV module were excellent, and it was confirmed that it could be used as the front material of the PV module instead of glass.

Keywords

c-Si PV module

lightweight PV module

Ultra barrier film

Reliability

키워드

결정질 태양광 모듈

경량화 태양광 모듈

고분자 보호 필름

신뢰성

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Publisher :Korean Solar Energy Society
Publisher(Ko) :한국태양에너지학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
Journal Title(Ko) :한국태양에너지학회 논문집
Volume : 39
No :5
Pages :1-10
Received Date : 2019-08-26
Revised Date : 2019-09-25
Accepted Date : 2019-09-26
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7836/kses.2019.39.5.001

Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society ISSN:1598-6411(Print) 2508-3562(Online) 한국태양에너지학회 논문집

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