Cell-to-Module Simulation Analysis for Optimizing the Efficiency and Power of the Photovoltaic Module

Hasnain Yousuf, Muhammad Aleem Zahid, Muhammad Quddamah Khokhar, Jinjoo Park, Minkyu Ju, Donggun Lim, Youngkuk Kim, Eun-Chel Cho and Junsin Yi
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Hasnain Yousuf: Interdisciplinary Program in Photovoltaic System Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
Muhammad Aleem Zahid: School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
Muhammad Quddamah Khokhar: School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
Jinjoo Park: Department of Energy Convergence Engineering, Division of Energy & Optical Technology Convergence, Cheongju University 298, Cheongju 28503, Korea
Minkyu Ju: School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
Donggun Lim: Department of Electronic Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 27469, Korea
Youngkuk Kim: School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
Eun-Chel Cho: School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
Junsin Yi: School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-20

Abstract: A 60-cell photovoltaic (PV) module was analyzed by optimizing the interconnection parameters of the solar cells to enhance the efficiency and increase the power of the PV module setup. The cell-to-module (CTM) losses and gains varied substantially during the various simulation iterations. Optimization was performed to inspect and augment the gain and loss parameters for the 60-cell PV module. The power and efficiency of the module were improved by refining several parameters, such as number of busbars, size of the contact pads, interconnected ribbon width, thickness of the core, and distance between the solar cells and strings, to obtain the maximum efficiency of 21.09%; the CTM efficiency achieved was 94.19% for the proposed strategy related to the common interconnection setup of the ribbon-based system. The CTM efficiency was improved by optimizing the geometrical, optical, and electrical parameters precisely, the power enhancement was up to 325.3 W, and a CTM power of 99.1% was achieved from a standard PV module with rectangular ribbon interconnections.

Keywords: cell-to-module (CTM); cell interconnection; power and efficiency analysis; busbars; connecting pads; module margin; CTM simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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