Assessment of shadowing effects on photovoltaic performance – a secondary school project

B. Oosting, J. Harms, R. Cornelissen, W.G.J.H.M. van Sark

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Abstract

Shading on photovoltaic modules adversely influences their performance due to non-linear dependence of generated module power as function of shaded area. Performance of luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) is less affected by shading, as shadow on the luminescent collector plate leads to a uniformly distributed intensity loss on the solar cell. In a secondary school project, measurements have been performed on CuInGaSe cells as well as on an in-house made LSC. It was found that efficiency and short current current, both corrected for the unshaded area, decrease for CuInGaSe cells with increasing amount of shade. In contrast, for LSCs corrected efficiency and short circuit current remain constant. This clearly implies that shading is less detrimental for LSCs than for standard solar cells.
Original languageEnglish
Pages4701-4703
Number of pages3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event28th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference - Munich, Germany
Duration: 1 Jan 2013 → …

Conference

Conference28th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference
CityMunich, Germany
Period1/01/13 → …

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28th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference

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