Publications

Hotspots are a major source of failure for photovoltaic modules in the field. The current standard for module testing IEC 61215-2 can leave critical hotspots undetected in half-cut solar cell modules.

A two‐step method to simulate the spatially resolved temperature of a partially shaded cell in a crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) module is presented and tested.

The impact of partial shading on cell operating current, voltage, and temperature is simulated, for a half-cell module with series-parallel-series connections and for the conventional full-cell module.

Methodology for simulating PV module yield based on the optical, thermal and electrical properties of module components and configuration.

In this work, we calculate the angular and spectral distribution of direct and diffuse irradiation based on measured time-resolved integral values for diffuse and direct irradiation.