Building Integrated Photovoltaic Module-Based on Aluminum Substrate With Forced Water Cooling

Wei Pang; Yongzhe Zhang; Yanan Cui; Hongwen Yu; Yu Liu; Hui Yan

doi:10.1115/1.4038787

Building Integrated Photovoltaic Module-Based on Aluminum Substrate With Forced Water Cooling

J Sol Energy Eng. 2018 Apr;140(2):0210051-210055. doi: 10.1115/1.4038787. Epub 2018 Jan 22.

Authors

Wei Pang¹, Yongzhe Zhang¹, Yanan Cui², Hongwen Yu¹, Yu Liu³, Hui Yan⁴

Affiliations

¹ The College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
² The College of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
³ The College of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
⁴ The College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China e-mail: hyan@bjut.edu.cn.

PMID: 29844616
DOI: 10.1115/1.4038787

Abstract

The increase of operating temperature on a photovoltaic (PV) cell degrades its electrical efficiency. This paper is organized to describe our latest design of an aluminum substrate-based photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system. The electrical efficiency of the proposed PV/T can be increased by ∼ 20% in comparison with a conventional glass substrate-based PV. The work will benefit hybrid utilization of solar energy in development of building integrated photovoltaic systems.

Keywords: aluminum substrate; photovoltaic module; temperature decrease.