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Impact of average photon energy on spectral gain and loss of various-type PV technologies at different locations

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  • Chantana, Jakapan
  • Imai, Yurie
  • Kawano, Yu
  • Hishikawa, Yoshihiro
  • Nishioka, Kensuke
  • Minemoto, Takashi

Abstract

Spectral grain and loss (spectral gain&loss) of several-type PV technologies (amorphous silicon (a-Si), perovskite (perov), CdTe, CuInSe2 (CIS), multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si), single-crystalline silicon back-contact (BC), single-crystalline silicon (sc-Si), and heterostructure-with-intrinsic-thin-layer (HIT)) was investigated in different places (Kusatsu city, Tsukuba city, and Miyazaki city in Japan) in a year. Spectral gain&loss is defined as a ratio of short-circuit current (ISC) corrected by solar irradiance (Irr) for PV module at an average photon energy (APE) to its ISC under standard test condition. The blue-rich spectra with APE over 1.88 eV yield spectral gain (spectral gain&loss over 1) for CdTe, perov, and a-Si PV technologies owing to large band-gap energy (Eg) values of 1.47, 1.60, and 1.80 eV, respectively. On the other hand, red-rich spectra with APE below 1.88 eV lead to spectral gain for CIS, mc-Si, BC, sc-Si, and HIT PV technologies with smaller Eg values of 1.21, 1.13, 1.17, 1.16, and 1.09 eV, respectively. Moreover, since average APE values in Kusatsu city, Tsukuba city, and Miyazaki city are 1.931, 1.900, and 1.899 eV, respectively, a-Si, perov, and CdTe PV technologies are suitable in term of spectral response. The spectral gain&loss of PV modules compared with sc-Si PV module is moreover discussed.

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  • Chantana, Jakapan & Imai, Yurie & Kawano, Yu & Hishikawa, Yoshihiro & Nishioka, Kensuke & Minemoto, Takashi, 2020. "Impact of average photon energy on spectral gain and loss of various-type PV technologies at different locations," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 1317-1324.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:145:y:2020:i:c:p:1317-1324
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.06.139
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