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Novel hydrophobic coatings for soiling mitigation in the PV industry: durability and anti-soiling demonstrations

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posted on 2020-01-13, 10:28 authored by Benjamin Strauss, Fabiana Lisco, Farwah BukhariFarwah Bukhari, Michael WallsMichael Walls, Kurt L Barth
Soiling, the buildup of debris on the front-side of a solar module, can significantly reduce the power production due to a reduction in transmitted light to the underlying solar cell. A potential solution to soiling mitigation involves the use of hydrophobic coatings. In this study commercially available hydrophobic coatings found in non-PV sectors of industry are investigated. Through the use of anti-soiling and standardized durability testing procedures, the suitability of these existing hydrophobic coatings for use in the PV industry is quantitatively analyzed.

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School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Research Unit

  • Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST)

Published in

2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaics Specialist Conference (PVSC)

Pages

2899 - 2903

Source

46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)

Publisher

IEEE

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Rights holder

© IEEE

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© 2019 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.

Acceptance date

2019-06-21

Publication date

2020-02-06

Copyright date

2019

ISBN

9781728104942

ISSN

0160-8371

Language

  • en

Location

Chicago, IL, USA

Event dates

16th June 2019 - 21st June 2019

Depositor

Prof Michael Walls. Deposit date: 10 January 2020

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