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Cell-to-Module Simulation Analysis for Optimizing the Efficiency and Power of the Photovoltaic Module

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  • Hasnain Yousuf

    (Interdisciplinary Program in Photovoltaic System Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea)

  • Muhammad Aleem Zahid

    (School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea)

  • Muhammad Quddamah Khokhar

    (School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea)

  • Jinjoo Park

    (Department of Energy Convergence Engineering, Division of Energy & Optical Technology Convergence, Cheongju University 298, Cheongju 28503, Korea)

  • Minkyu Ju

    (School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea)

  • Donggun Lim

    (Department of Electronic Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 27469, Korea)

  • Youngkuk Kim

    (School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea)

  • Eun-Chel Cho

    (School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea)

  • Junsin Yi

    (School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea)

Abstract

A 60-cell photovoltaic (PV) module was analyzed by optimizing the interconnection parameters of the solar cells to enhance the efficiency and increase the power of the PV module setup. The cell-to-module (CTM) losses and gains varied substantially during the various simulation iterations. Optimization was performed to inspect and augment the gain and loss parameters for the 60-cell PV module. The power and efficiency of the module were improved by refining several parameters, such as number of busbars, size of the contact pads, interconnected ribbon width, thickness of the core, and distance between the solar cells and strings, to obtain the maximum efficiency of 21.09%; the CTM efficiency achieved was 94.19% for the proposed strategy related to the common interconnection setup of the ribbon-based system. The CTM efficiency was improved by optimizing the geometrical, optical, and electrical parameters precisely, the power enhancement was up to 325.3 W, and a CTM power of 99.1% was achieved from a standard PV module with rectangular ribbon interconnections.

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  • Hasnain Yousuf & Muhammad Aleem Zahid & Muhammad Quddamah Khokhar & Jinjoo Park & Minkyu Ju & Donggun Lim & Youngkuk Kim & Eun-Chel Cho & Junsin Yi, 2022. "Cell-to-Module Simulation Analysis for Optimizing the Efficiency and Power of the Photovoltaic Module," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-20, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:3:p:1176-:d:742695
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    1. Jaeun Kim & Matheus Rabelo & Siva Parvathi Padi & Hasnain Yousuf & Eun-Chel Cho & Junsin Yi, 2021. "A Review of the Degradation of Photovoltaic Modules for Life Expectancy," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-21, July.
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