{"title":"Z-scheme reduction of carbon dioxide with visible light using a binuclear metal complex and a semiconductor","authors":"K. Maeda","doi":"10.1117/12.2237456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237456","url":null,"abstract":"A hybrid material that consists of a semiconductor and a binuclear metal complex having a redox photosensitizer and a catalytic unit was employed as a photocatalyst for CO2 reduction under visible light. It was found that this kind of hybrid was capable of reducing CO2 into HCOOH (or CO) according to two-step photoexcitation of the semiconductor and the photosensitizer unit of the metal complex. It was found that semiconductors of TaON, CaTaO2N, C3N4, and Y-Ta oxynitride became active component for this system driven by visible light (λ > 400 nm) in combination with a binuclear Ru(II) complex.","PeriodicalId":140444,"journal":{"name":"Optics + Photonics for Sustainable Energy","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128835046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Martinez-Escobar, P. Sánchez-Pérez, R. Santos-Magdaleno, J. Ortega-Cruz, A. Sanchez-Juarez
{"title":"Degradation of veteran Si modules in hot-humid locations in México","authors":"D. Martinez-Escobar, P. Sánchez-Pérez, R. Santos-Magdaleno, J. Ortega-Cruz, A. Sanchez-Juarez","doi":"10.1117/12.2240287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2240287","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, the results of the research carried out on degradation mechanisms of c-SI PV modules after > 10 years of exposure in a Hot and humid climate in Mexico are presented. Degradation analysis using visual inspection, electrical performance, EL image, and IR was performed. 1-measurement analysis was implemented to determine the degradation rate per year. The Pmax degradation rate obtained was 1:41%/yr. The results presented indicate that most of the electrical degradation is due FF drop (increased series resistance) among other details. The aim of this work is to provide information regarding the long term reliability and degradation rate of c-Si modules in the hot and humid climate in Mexico.","PeriodicalId":140444,"journal":{"name":"Optics + Photonics for Sustainable Energy","volume":"2 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133841893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Scope for solar hydrogen power plants along Indian coasts","authors":"D. Hajra, S. Mukhopadhyay","doi":"10.1117/12.2237947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237947","url":null,"abstract":"Energy is at the core of economic growth and development in the present day world. But relentless and unchecked use of harmful energy resources like fossil fuels (coil and oil), nuclear energy has taken a toll on mother nature. The energy coffers are being rapidly depleted and within a few years all of them will become empty, leaving nothing for the future generations to build on. Their constant usage has degraded the air quality and given way to land and water pollution. Scientists and world leaders have initiated a call for action to shift our dependence from currently popular energy sources to cleaner and renewable energy sources. Search for such energy sources have been going on for many years. Solar energy, wind energy, ocean energy, tidal energy, biofuel, etc. have caught the attention of people. Another such important which has become popular is 'Solar Hydrogen'. Many visionary scientists have called hydrogen the energy of the future. It is produced from water by direct or indirect use of sunlight in a sustainable manner. This paper discusses the current energy scenario, the importance of solar-hydrogen as a fuel and most importantly the scope for solar hydrogen power plants along Indian coastline.","PeriodicalId":140444,"journal":{"name":"Optics + Photonics for Sustainable Energy","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126068464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teri Elwood, Whit E. Bennett, T. Lai, K. Simmons-Potter
{"title":"In-situ comparison of thermal measurement technologies for interpretation of PV module temperature de-rating effects","authors":"Teri Elwood, Whit E. Bennett, T. Lai, K. Simmons-Potter","doi":"10.1117/12.2237934","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237934","url":null,"abstract":"It is well known that the efficiency of a photovoltaic (PV) module is strongly impacted by its temperature such that higher temperatures lead to lower energy conversion efficiencies. An accurate measurement of the temperature de-rating effect, therefore, is vital to the correct interpretation of PV module performance under varied environmental conditions. The current work investigates and compares methods for performing measurements of module temperature both in the lab and in field-test environments. A comparison of several temperature measurement devices was made in order to establish the ideal sensor configuration for quantifying module operating temperature. Sensors were also placed in various locations along a string of up to eight photovoltaic modules to examine the variance in operating temperature with position in the string and within a larger array of strings.","PeriodicalId":140444,"journal":{"name":"Optics + Photonics for Sustainable Energy","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125453097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Buerhop, Tobias Pickel, Tiberius Blumberg, J. Adams, Simon Wranå, Manuel Dalsass, Cornelia Zetzmann, C. Camus, J. Hauch, C. Brabec
{"title":"IR-images of PV-modules with potential induced degradation (PID) correlated to monitored string power output","authors":"C. Buerhop, Tobias Pickel, Tiberius Blumberg, J. Adams, Simon Wranå, Manuel Dalsass, Cornelia Zetzmann, C. Camus, J. Hauch, C. Brabec","doi":"10.1117/12.2237800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237800","url":null,"abstract":"Many PV-plants suffer from potential induced degradation (PID) which causes severe power reduction of installed PVmodules. Fast and reliable methods to detect PID and evaluate the impact on the module performance are gaining importance. Drone-assisted IR-inspection is a suitable method. PID affected modules are detected by their characteristic IR-fingerprint, modules with differing number of slightly heated cells occur more frequently at the negative string end. These modules show a degraded IV-curve, lowered Voc and Isc, and electroluminescence (EL)-images with suspicious, dark cells. Also, the measured string power is reduced. For a first quantitative data evaluation the suspicious cell are counted in the IR-images and correlated with the module power. A linear decrease of the module power with increasing number of suspicious cells results. A correlation function for estimating the module power was deduced, which has a mean deviation of less than 7%. This correlation function allows an acceptable approximation of the string power.","PeriodicalId":140444,"journal":{"name":"Optics + Photonics for Sustainable Energy","volume":"89 10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128000609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Siyu Guo, E. Schneller, Joseph Walters, K. Davis, W. Schoenfeld
{"title":"Detecting loss mechanisms of c-Si PV modules in-situ I-V measurement","authors":"Siyu Guo, E. Schneller, Joseph Walters, K. Davis, W. Schoenfeld","doi":"10.1117/12.2236939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2236939","url":null,"abstract":"PV module reliability is alsways an important issue for PV industry. In an outdoor PV system, PV modules suffer from degradation due to different factors. It is then very important to determine the loss mechanisms of a PV module and making improvement based on this. It is found in this work that due to mismatch effect, using fitting method to extract I-V characteristics might not be well applied on a PV module, especially when it has non-uniform degradation problem. This work proposes a method to accurately quantify the power loss of PV modules due to different degradation mechanisms, including series resistance (Rs) loss, non-uniform shunting loss and number of shunted cells, uniform shunting loss, uniform current loss, non-uniform current (mismatch) loss, recombination current (J01 and J02) losses of a PV module. All required input information are the measured current-voltage (I-V) curves and short circuit current- open circuit voltage (Isc-Voc) of PV module initial state and final state. The method is first applied to a simulated PV module with various degradation problems. Power loss due to each loss mechanism for the simulated PV module is then extracted using the proposed method and a pie chart can be generated. Comparing with the actual power loss on each loss mechanism, the method proposed in this work is proved to be very accurate. The method is then further applied to a degradated PV module istalled in an outdoor PV system. The power loss on series resistance, shunting and current mismatch are effectively identified and the number of shunted cells is accurately calculated. In the real application, this method can be used in both indoor and outdoor characterization, which can be very beneficial for PV degradation analysis of PV modules and systems.","PeriodicalId":140444,"journal":{"name":"Optics + Photonics for Sustainable Energy","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125684003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Felder, W. Gambogi, K. Stika, Bao-Ling Yu, A. Bradley, Hongjie Hu, L. Garreau-iles, T. Trout
{"title":"Sequential accelerated tests: Improving the correlation of accelerated tests to module performance in the field","authors":"T. Felder, W. Gambogi, K. Stika, Bao-Ling Yu, A. Bradley, Hongjie Hu, L. Garreau-iles, T. Trout","doi":"10.1117/12.2239030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2239030","url":null,"abstract":"DuPont has been working steadily to develop accelerated backsheet tests that correlate with solar panels observations in the field. This report updates efforts in sequential testing. Single exposure tests are more commonly used and can be completed more quickly, and certain tests provide helpful predictions of certain backsheet failure modes. DuPont recommendations for single exposure tests are based on 25-year exposure levels for UV and humidity/temperature, and form a good basis for sequential test development. We recommend a sequential exposure of damp heat followed by UV then repetitions of thermal cycling and UVA. This sequence preserves 25-year exposure levels for humidity/temperature and UV, and correlates well with a large body of field observations. Measurements can be taken at intervals in the test, although the full test runs 10 months. A second, shorter sequential test based on damp heat and thermal cycling tests mechanical durability and correlates with loss of mechanical properties seen in the field. Ongoing work is directed toward shorter sequential tests that preserve good correlation to field data.","PeriodicalId":140444,"journal":{"name":"Optics + Photonics for Sustainable Energy","volume":"106 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133123337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Sakurai, H. Tomita, Kinichi Ogawa, Darshan Schmitz, H. Shibata, Shuuji Tokuda, A. Masuda
{"title":"Proposed new damp heat test standards for commercial CIGS modules with bias application or light irradiation","authors":"K. Sakurai, H. Tomita, Kinichi Ogawa, Darshan Schmitz, H. Shibata, Shuuji Tokuda, A. Masuda","doi":"10.1117/12.2237431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237431","url":null,"abstract":"Based on our results that conventional damp-heat (DDH) test on a commercial CCIGS (a.k.a. CCIS, CIGSS) module causes an irreversible \"Test-specific\" degradation (TSD) that is not observed in modules deployed in fields, we propose a new option for DDH testing of CIGS modules. We have tested full-size CIGS modules with/without forward bias, light irradiation and humidity during heat tests. The results clearly show that adding forward bias, or white light irradiation during DH tests suppresses this irreversible degradation. Based on these results, we have proposed to add forward bias and/or light irradiation during DH tests of CIGS modules, to make the test condition closer to real fields and suppress degradations not observed in the field.","PeriodicalId":140444,"journal":{"name":"Optics + Photonics for Sustainable Energy","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132942350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Sieland, J. Schneider, T. Lippmann, D. Bahnemann
{"title":"Understanding charge transfer processes on metal oxides: a laser-flash-photolysis study","authors":"F. Sieland, J. Schneider, T. Lippmann, D. Bahnemann","doi":"10.1117/12.2239261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2239261","url":null,"abstract":"In the focus of this study, mixtures of commercially available TiO2 powders were created and their photocatalytic activity concerning the acetaldehyde degradation in the gas phase was tested. Further, the lifetime of the photogenerated charge carriers was analyzed by Laser-Flash-Photolysis-Spectroscopy. The acetaldehyde degradation experiments of the mixed powders lead to positive and negative deviations from the expected weighted mean. Nevertheless, their photocatalytic activity could be correlated with the lifetime of the charge carriers. A longer charge carrier lifetime at ambient conditions correlated with a lower fractional conversion of acetaldehyde. The advantageous activities of the samples were associated with a charge transfer reaction between larger and smaller particles comparable to the antenna mechanism.1","PeriodicalId":140444,"journal":{"name":"Optics + Photonics for Sustainable Energy","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126884885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SMART empirical approaches for predicting field performance of PV modules from results of reliability tests","authors":"K. Hardikar, Bill J. J. Liu, V. Bheemreddy","doi":"10.1117/12.2239713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2239713","url":null,"abstract":"Gaining an understanding of degradation mechanisms and their characterization are critical in developing relevant accelerated tests to ensure PV module performance warranty over a typical lifetime of 25 years. As newer technologies are adapted for PV, including new PV cell technologies, new packaging materials, and newer product designs, the availability of field data over extended periods of time for product performance assessment cannot be expected within the typical timeframe for business decisions. In this work, to enable product design decisions and product performance assessment for PV modules utilizing newer technologies, Simulation and Mechanism based Accelerated Reliability Testing (SMART) methodology and empirical approaches to predict field performance from accelerated test results are presented. The method is demonstrated for field life assessment of flexible PV modules based on degradation mechanisms observed in two accelerated tests, namely, Damp Heat and Thermal Cycling. The method is based on design of accelerated testing scheme with the intent to develop relevant acceleration factor models. The acceleration factor model is validated by extensive reliability testing under different conditions going beyond the established certification standards. Once the acceleration factor model is validated for the test matrix a modeling scheme is developed to predict field performance from results of accelerated testing for particular failure modes of interest. Further refinement of the model can continue as more field data becomes available. While the demonstration of the method in this work is for thin film flexible PV modules, the framework and methodology can be adapted to other PV products.","PeriodicalId":140444,"journal":{"name":"Optics + Photonics for Sustainable Energy","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134293240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}