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TitleLow Light Behavior of a-Si and a-Si/µc-Si PV-Modules Compared to c-Si PV-Modules under Field Test Conditions
Author(s)Johannes Arto Weicht, Frank U. Hamelmann, Grit Behrens
Keywordsa-Si, c-Si, Performance, Module, a-Si / μ-Si
TopicOPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (from Cells to Systems)
SubtopicPerformance and Reliability of Solar Cells
EventEU PVSEC 2014
Session5DV.3.4
Pages manuscript 3343 - 3346
ISBN3-936338-34-5
DOI10.4229/EUPVSEC20142014-5DV.3.4
Abstract/Summary

For a precise prediction of the energy yield of amorphous (a-Si) and amorphous-microcrystalline tandem (a-Si/μc-Si) silicon-based thin film photovoltaic modules it is important to know their low (<15W/m²) and weak (15-100W/m²) light behavior. The weak light efficiency of silicon based thin film and mono-crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells show a different dependence from irradiation. Both have a decreasing efficiency with decreasing irradiation. Thin film solar cells based on a-Si or a-Si/μc-Si show at higher irradiation (>100W/m²) lower efficiency than c-Si solar cells. Our work will show that at lower irradiation (<15W/m²) the efficiency of a-Si and a-Si/μc-Si is higher than the efficiency of c-Si, this kind of irradiation appears every morning and evening. Also we show that the decrease in efficiency at lower irradiation compared to the labeled efficiency at standard test conditions is for thin film silicon modules lower than for c-Si modules.

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