Models to represent the behaviour of photovoltaic (PV) solar cells in reverse bias are reviewed, concluding with the proposal of a new model. This model comes from the study of avalanche mechanisms in PV solar cells, and counts on physically meaningful parameters.
They show that low breakdown voltage solar cells can significantly improve the electrical performance of partially shaded photovoltaic modules and can limit the temperature increase in reverse-biased solar cells. Calcabrinietal.,CellReportsPhysicalScience3, 101155 December 21, 2022 2022 The Author(s).
Calcabrini et al. explore the potential of low breakdown voltage solar cells to improve the shading tolerance of photovoltaic modules. They show that low breakdown voltage solar cells can significantly improve the electrical performance of partially shaded photovoltaic modules and can limit the temperature increase in reverse-biased solar cells.
It can also be applied to the different types of reverse characteristics found in PV solar cells: those dominated by avalanche mechanisms, and also those in which avalanche is not perceived because they are dominated by shunt resistance or because breakdown takes place out of a safe measurement range.
Considering that at least two of the blocks of cells in the IBC module in Figure 6 were mostly unshaded, it is likely that different effects (other than operation in reverse bias) also contributed to the degradation of the tested solar cells.55,56
Temperature dependence of breakdown voltage in measured PV cells is in agreement with p–n junctions avalanche theories. F.A. Blake, K.L. Hanson, The hot-spot failure mode for solar arrays, in: Proceedings of the Fourth Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC), August 1969, pp. 575–581.
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