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      Temperature impact on dusty and cleaned photovoltaic module exposed in sub-Saharan outdoor conditions

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          In this work, impacts of temperature and dust cleaning on photovoltaic module performance operating in sub-Saharan's climate are investigated. Two single junction technologies, monocrystalline and polycrystalline silicon, and one micromorph (amorphous/micrystalline) thin film silicon tandem technology are considered. We have recorded at the same time under real operating conditions, the module temperature and the current versus voltage characteristics of each module, and the local solar irradiation. All the measurements were performed with the outdoor monitoring and test facility located at Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. The results show the drop of generated power of dusty modules for the same irradiation level. Between April and June (where temperatures are higher) a significant drop of output power is observed, despite a daily cleaning. Furthermore, performance losses are observed for all technologies compared to that under standard test conditions. However, the micromorph silicon tandem technology with low temperature sensitivity present the less losses in performance compared to the monocrystalline and the polycrystalline single junction modules, even if the modules are not cleaned.

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                Journal
                epjpv
                https://www.epj-pv.org
                EPJ Photovoltaics
                EPJ Photovoltaics
                EDP Sciences
                2105-0716
                24 September 2018
                24 September 2018
                2018
                : 9
                : ( publisher-idID: epjpv/2018/01 )
                : 8
                Affiliations
                [1 ] LEITER, Laboratoire Electronique, Informatique, Télécommunication et Energies Renouvelables Université Gaston Berger, , Saint-Louis, Sénégal,
                [2 ] LESEE-2iE, Laboratoire Energie Solaire et Economie d'Energie, Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement, , 01 BP 594 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso,
                [3 ] GeePs-CentraleSupelec, Laboratoire de Génie Electrique et Electronique de Paris, Universités de Sorbonne, UPMC Univ Paris, 06, UMR 8507, , 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France,
                Author notes
                Article
                pv180007
                10.1051/epjpv/2018007
                d94f5cf6-ef93-4a16-a08c-c74658884dd9
                © N. Kata et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2018

                This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                : 6 April 2018
                : 26 June 2018
                : 29 June 2018
                Page count
                Figures: 10, Tables: 2, Equations: 23, References: 21, Pages: 9
                Categories
                Modules and Systems
                Regular Article
                Custom metadata
                EPJ Photovoltaics 9, 8 (2018)
                2018
                2018
                2018

                Sustainable & Green chemistry,Materials technology,Semiconductors,Materials for energy,Technical & Applied physics,Renewable energy
                dust,open circuit voltage,temperature coefficient,performance ratio,real operating conditions

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