The Relevance of the Cell’s Breakdown Voltage in the DC Yield of Partially Shaded PV Modules

Andres Calcabrini; Viswambher Kambhampati; Patrizio Manganiello; Miro Zeman; Olindo Isabella

doi:10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518842

The Relevance of the Cell’s Breakdown Voltage in the DC Yield of Partially Shaded PV Modules

Andres Calcabrini, Viswambher Kambhampati, Patrizio Manganiello, Miro Zeman, Olindo Isabella

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Abstract

In this manuscript, we discuss the relevance of the reverse characteristics of solar cells in the energy yield of partially shaded photovoltaic modules. We characterize the reverse IV curves of commercially available cells and we simulate the energy yield of photovoltaic modules using an experimentally validated simulation framework. Results suggest that cells with low breakdown voltages can boost the energy yield up to 74% in modules that are heavily shaded. Also, yield gains larger than 1% can be achieved for modules that are partially shaded only 7% of the time.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	92-94
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-1922-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-3018-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518842
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) - Fort Lauderdale, United States Duration: 20 Jun 2021 → 25 Jun 2021 Conference number: 48th

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Conference	2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)
Abbreviated title	PVSC 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	Fort Lauderdale
Period	20/06/21 → 25/06/21

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Low breakdown voltage
Shade tolerant
Urban PV

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Calcabrini, A , Kambhampati, V , Manganiello, P , Zeman, M & Isabella, O 2021, The Relevance of the Cell’s Breakdown Voltage in the DC Yield of Partially Shaded PV Modules. in 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC): Proceedings., 9518842, IEEE, pp. 92-94, 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Fort Lauderdale, United States, 20/06/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518842

The Relevance of the Cell’s Breakdown Voltage in the DC Yield of Partially Shaded PV Modules. / Calcabrini, Andres ; Kambhampati, Viswambher ; Manganiello, Patrizio et al.
2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC): Proceedings. IEEE, 2021. p. 92-94 9518842.

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The Relevance of the Cell’s Breakdown Voltage in the DC Yield of Partially Shaded PV Modules

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