PV Cell and Module Measurement Techniques
A special issue of Solar (ISSN 2673-9941).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 4855
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, there have been revolutionary changes in the architecture of crystalline silicon modules for PV cells’ realization. More sophisticated assembly schemes have been proposed to reduce cell-to-module losses related to dead zones, and resistive losses (e.g., bifacial cell architectures, assembly of half-cells, partially overlapping cell architectures, the use of cells of different sizes, silicon-based heterojunction technologies (HJT)) have been reported. Increasing the availability and efficiency of PV systems during the useful life of the photovoltaic field imposes monitoring and diagnostic techniques, which are capable of identifying and eliminating the anomalous conditions related to failure. As linear power performance warranties on modules have become commonplace in the PV industry, the power plants are scanned at regular intervals to identify underperforming PV modules for replacement.
Environmental measurements and electrical/thermal measurements of PV cells and modules play a fundamental role in modeling and optimizing the performance of photovoltaic cells and modules, both in the laboratory and in the field. In the latter case, the problem of reporting measurements under reference conditions is a crucial issue when analyzing long-term aging phenomena.
In this context, contributions on the following topics are encouraged:
- Electrical and thermal characterization of traditional and innovative PV cells;
- New measurement techniques for PV cells and modules;
- Processing of measures;
- Models development;
- Physical model and data-driven model
- Indices for determining performance;
- I-V curves;
- Warranty measurements;
- Fault and aging measurements.
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Marco Tina
Prof. Dr. Salvatore Graziani
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solar system
- photovoltaic
- experimental investigation and validation
- efficiency
- reliability
- modeling
- I-V curve
- warranty
- thermal measurements
- electrical measurements
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