Volume 39, Issue 1, March 2023, Pages 216–224
Hawa Diatara Ndiath1, Alioune Senghor2, Papa Touty Traore3, Babacar Mbow4, and Issakha Youm5
1 Laboratoire des Semis Conducteurs et d’Energie Solaire (LASES), Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Senegal
2 Laboratoire des Semis Conducteurs et d’Energie Solaire (LASES), Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Senegal
3 Laboratory of Semiconductors and Solar Energy, Physics Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
4 Laboratoire des Semis Conducteurs et d’Energie Solaire (LASES), Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Senegal
5 Laboratoire des Semis Conducteurs et d’Energie Solaire (LASES), Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Senegal
Original language: English
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In this article, we have studied the variation of the electrical performance characteristics of photovoltaic modules under the effect of dust. We have installed four modules of different technologies on the CERER site (Centre for Study and Research on Renewable Energies) for a year without being cleaned and each month we note their characteristics. The four technologies used are mono crystalline, polycrystalline, amorphous and thin film CdTe. The results showed that dust has more impact on thin film technology with a degradation of 68% of its power and less impact on amorphous which experienced a 29% loss in power.
Author Keywords: Dust, electric, photovoltaic module, mono crystalline, polycrystalline, amorphous, thin, film, CdTe.
Hawa Diatara Ndiath1, Alioune Senghor2, Papa Touty Traore3, Babacar Mbow4, and Issakha Youm5
1 Laboratoire des Semis Conducteurs et d’Energie Solaire (LASES), Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Senegal
2 Laboratoire des Semis Conducteurs et d’Energie Solaire (LASES), Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Senegal
3 Laboratory of Semiconductors and Solar Energy, Physics Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
4 Laboratoire des Semis Conducteurs et d’Energie Solaire (LASES), Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Senegal
5 Laboratoire des Semis Conducteurs et d’Energie Solaire (LASES), Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Senegal
Original language: English
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
In this article, we have studied the variation of the electrical performance characteristics of photovoltaic modules under the effect of dust. We have installed four modules of different technologies on the CERER site (Centre for Study and Research on Renewable Energies) for a year without being cleaned and each month we note their characteristics. The four technologies used are mono crystalline, polycrystalline, amorphous and thin film CdTe. The results showed that dust has more impact on thin film technology with a degradation of 68% of its power and less impact on amorphous which experienced a 29% loss in power.
Author Keywords: Dust, electric, photovoltaic module, mono crystalline, polycrystalline, amorphous, thin, film, CdTe.
How to Cite this Article
Hawa Diatara Ndiath, Alioune Senghor, Papa Touty Traore, Babacar Mbow, and Issakha Youm, “Effect of dust on the performance characteristics of different modules technologies,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 216–224, March 2023.
