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dc.contributor.author | LUO, Bin | - |
dc.contributor.author | GOVAERTS, Jonathan | - |
dc.contributor.author | VAN DYCK, Rik | - |
dc.contributor.author | BORGERS, Tom | - |
dc.contributor.author | RUTTENS, Bart | - |
dc.contributor.author | CASASOLA PAESA, Marta | - |
dc.contributor.author | D'HAEN, Jan | - |
dc.contributor.author | TOUS, Loic | - |
dc.contributor.author | SIVARAMAKRISHNAN RADHAKRISHNAN, Hariharsudan | - |
dc.contributor.author | DAENEN, Michael | - |
dc.contributor.author | Van Vuure, Aart Willem | - |
dc.contributor.author | POORTMANS, Jef | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-08T08:26:47Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-11-08T08:26:47Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | - |
dc.date.submitted | 2023-11-01T13:30:10Z | - |
dc.identifier.citation | SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, 259 (Art N° 112455) | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/41682 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Weight reduction by omitting the use of bulky glass in c-Si photovoltaic (PV) modules is an important consideration of module development for vehicle-integrated photovoltaics (VIPV). Various approaches to achieve lightweight modules are proposed, yet there are many concerns regarding the reliability of such modules compared to standard glass-glass or glass-backsheet configurations. In this work, we investigate the thermomechanical behavior of LW modules with a multiwire design specifically aiming to VIPV applications. The developed modules consist of a commercially available carbon-fiber reinforced polypropylene backsheet and are compared to glass-fiber reinforced polypropylene backsheet modules. To enhance the thermo-mechanical reliability, polymer encapsulant and interconnection foil are substituted by glass-fiber reinforced composite encapsulant with the carbon-fiber reinforced polypropylene backsheet, thereby leading to similar to 2.9% fill factor (FF) decrease with a limited degradation after 200 thermal cycles. A failure mechanism analysis using electroluminescence and X-ray-based micro-tomography is carried out after thermal cycling tests, clearly demonstrating that thermal stresses introduce deformation of wire interconnects. A modified high-temperature thermal cycling test (-40 to 110 degrees C, 3.5 h) is implemented to observe the fast degradation of interconnects in compliance with VIPV conditions. The resulting fatigue stresses account for wire breakage in-between cells in the glass-fiber reinforced polypropylene module, while this effect is less pronounced in the carbon-fiber reinforced polypropylene backsheet module, indicating better thermo-mechanical reliability of the carbon-fiber reinforced polypropylene backsheet module. Herein, the current results could provide guidelines for lightweight PV module design (with a weight of 4.8 kg/m(2)) in the thermo-mechanical aspect. This research sheds light on the potential of lightweight modules specifically for VIPV applications. | - |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors gratefully acknowledge the Flemish government for its financial support through the funded ICON projects SNRoof and related project partners, as well as the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme for research, technological development and demonstration for funding part of this work under Grant Agreement no. 857793. The authors also would like to acknowledge the partial funding by the Kuwait Foundation for the advancement of Sciences under project number P115-15 EE-01. T. Borgers and J. Govaert have patent issued to EP3790059A1. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | ELSEVIER | - |
dc.rights | 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | - |
dc.subject.other | Vehicle-integrated photovoltaics | - |
dc.subject.other | Lightweight PV modules | - |
dc.subject.other | Glass-fiber reinforced polymer | - |
dc.subject.other | Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer | - |
dc.subject.other | Reliability | - |
dc.title | Development and thermo-mechanical reliability assessment of fiber reinforced polymers in lightweight PV modules towards vehicle-integrated photovoltaics | - |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 259 | - |
local.format.pages | 7 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | A1 | - |
dc.description.notes | Luo, B (corresponding author), IMO IMOMEC, imec, Thor Pk 8320, B-3600 Genk, Belgium. | - |
dc.description.notes | bin.luo@imec.be | - |
local.publisher.place | RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS | - |
local.type.refereed | Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Article | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.artnr | 112455 | - |
local.type.programme | H2020 | - |
local.relation.h2020 | 857793 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112455 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | 001038904600001 | - |
dc.contributor.orcid | Luo, Bin/0000-0001-8919-3678; van Vuure, Aart | - |
dc.contributor.orcid | Willem/0000-0002-5335-4545; Daenen, Michael/0000-0002-9221-4932; Van | - |
dc.contributor.orcid | Dyck, Rik/0000-0003-3947-4361 | - |
local.provider.type | wosris | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Luo, Bin; Govaerts, Jonathan; Van Dyck, Rik; Borgers, Tom; Paesa, Marta Casasola; Tous, Loic; Radhakrishnan, Hariharsudan Sivaramakrishnan; Daenen, Michael] IMO IMOMEC, imec, Thor Pk 8320, B-3600 Genk, Belgium. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Luo, Bin; Van Dyck, Rik; Van Vuure, Aart Willem] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Oude Markt 13, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Luo, Bin; Govaerts, Jonathan; Van Dyck, Rik; Borgers, Tom; Paesa, Marta Casasola; Tous, Loic; Radhakrishnan, Hariharsudan Sivaramakrishnan; Daenen, Michael] Hasselt Univ, IMO IMOMEC, Martelarenlaan 42, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Luo, Bin; Govaerts, Jonathan; Van Dyck, Rik; Borgers, Tom; Paesa, Marta Casasola; Tous, Loic; Radhakrishnan, Hariharsudan Sivaramakrishnan; Daenen, Michael] IMO IMOMEC, EnergyVille, Thor Pk 8320, B-3600 Genk, Belgium. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Ruttens, Bart] IMOMEC, imec, Wetenschapspk 1, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. | - |
local.uhasselt.international | no | - |
item.fullcitation | LUO, Bin; GOVAERTS, Jonathan; VAN DYCK, Rik; BORGERS, Tom; RUTTENS, Bart; CASASOLA PAESA, Marta; D'HAEN, Jan; TOUS, Loic; SIVARAMAKRISHNAN RADHAKRISHNAN, Hariharsudan; DAENEN, Michael; Van Vuure, Aart Willem & POORTMANS, Jef (2023) Development and thermo-mechanical reliability assessment of fiber reinforced polymers in lightweight PV modules towards vehicle-integrated photovoltaics. In: SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, 259 (Art N° 112455). | - |
item.contributor | LUO, Bin | - |
item.contributor | GOVAERTS, Jonathan | - |
item.contributor | VAN DYCK, Rik | - |
item.contributor | BORGERS, Tom | - |
item.contributor | RUTTENS, Bart | - |
item.contributor | CASASOLA PAESA, Marta | - |
item.contributor | D'HAEN, Jan | - |
item.contributor | TOUS, Loic | - |
item.contributor | SIVARAMAKRISHNAN RADHAKRISHNAN, Hariharsudan | - |
item.contributor | DAENEN, Michael | - |
item.contributor | Van Vuure, Aart Willem | - |
item.contributor | POORTMANS, Jef | - |
item.accessRights | Restricted Access | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
crisitem.journal.issn | 0927-0248 | - |
crisitem.journal.eissn | 1879-3398 | - |
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