Output Enhancement of Bifacial Solar Modules under Diffuse and Specular Albedo

Shweta Pal; Rebecca Saive

doi:10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519093

Output Enhancement of Bifacial Solar Modules under Diffuse and Specular Albedo

Shweta Pal
, Rebecca Saive

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Abstract

We present an albedo-centric reverse-ray tracing software to model the influence of albedo surfaces with complex spectro-angular reflectance (i.e. diffuse, glossy, specular, and metamaterials) on the short-circuit current density of a bifacial module. We find that for a silicon heterojunction module, a diffuse albedo leads to higher output and is more robust to self-shading and changes in orientation than a specular reflector. Our approach enables detailed and accurate albedo-dependent output calculation for various known and even exotic reflectors. Such a methodology can be used to design optimal reflectors and determine optimal configurations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1159-1162
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-1922-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-3018-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519093
Publication status	Published - 26 Aug 2021
Event	48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021 - Fort Lauderdale, United States Duration: 20 Jun 2021 → 25 Jun 2021 Conference number: 48

Publication series

Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Publisher	IEEE
Volume	2021
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

Conference

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

Keywords

2022 OA procedure
Diffuse albedo
Glossy albedo
Reverse ray-tracing
Short-circuit current density
Spectro-angular albedo
Specular albedo
Bifacial modules

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Pal, S & Saive, R 2021, Output Enhancement of Bifacial Solar Modules under Diffuse and Specular Albedo. in 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, vol. 2021, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 1159-1162, 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021, Fort Lauderdale, United States, 20/06/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519093

Output Enhancement of Bifacial Solar Modules under Diffuse and Specular Albedo. / Pal, Shweta; Saive, Rebecca.
2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2021. p. 1159-1162 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference; Vol. 2021).

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