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Study on the potential use of textured plastic covers to improve a solar cell performance

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dc.contributor.authorKader M.A.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMohamed H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIsa M.R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorZahari N.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorZawawi M.H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorZaabar F.I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57207528134en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57136356100en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57193957146en_US
dc.contributor.authorid54891672300en_US
dc.contributor.authorid39162217600en_US
dc.contributor.authorid56374530600en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T06:50:19Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T06:50:19Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractA small solar cell was assembled with various textured surface covers and investigated for the effects of light transmission and surface temperature. Four textured covers made of plactic were studied, namely plain surface, inverted pyramids, light grooved Fresnel lens, round grooved Fresnel lens and two different exposed areas without any cover for benchmarking purposes, creating six test modules. Measurements of light transmission in terms of short circuit currents, Isc, were collected as a function of angle of incidence using a solar simulator. A thermocouple was also used to measure the temperature of the solar cell in order to evaluate the effect of textured surface covers on the solar cell temperature. Results show a decrease in short circuit current, Isc of up to 8.26% for inverted pyramids in comparison to the flat surface cover. In addition, the light gain, Isc, decreases at higher angles of incidence. Nonetheless, it was found that the inverted pyramids surface has a reasonable cooling effect with 2 �C of temperature drop. The decreased temperature will potentially increase the power output as well as efficiency of the solar cell with a textured cover. � 2018 Author(s).en_US
dc.description.natureFinalen_US
dc.identifier.ArtNo20249
dc.identifier.doi10.1063/1.5066890
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85058010847
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85058010847&doi=10.1063%2f1.5066890&partnerID=40&md5=0aeb24adfa42b4e95ae5afae3f45fdd5
dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/23578
dc.identifier.volume2030
dc.publisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.en_US
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleAIP Conference Proceedings
dc.titleStudy on the potential use of textured plastic covers to improve a solar cell performanceen_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US
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