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Enhance the performance of photovoltaic solar panels by a self-cleaning and hydrophobic nanocoating

The photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are negatively impacted by dust accumulation. The variance in dust density from point to point raises the risk of forming hot spots. Therefore, a prepared PDMS/SiO2 nanocoating was used to reduce the accumulated dust on the PV panels' surface. However, the eff...

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Autores principales: Tayel, Samir Ahmed, Abu El-Maaty, Ashour Eid, Mostafa, Eman Mohamed, Elsaadawi, Youssef Fayez
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9732349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36481954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25667-4
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author Tayel, Samir Ahmed
Abu El-Maaty, Ashour Eid
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description The photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are negatively impacted by dust accumulation. The variance in dust density from point to point raises the risk of forming hot spots. Therefore, a prepared PDMS/SiO2 nanocoating was used to reduce the accumulated dust on the PV panels' surface. However, the effectiveness of these coatings is greatly influenced by geographical and climatic factors. Three identical PV modules were installed to run comparable experimental tests simultaneously. The first module is coated with the prepared PDMS/SiO(2) nanocoating, the second is coated with commercial nanocoating, and the third module is uncoated and serves as a reference. The prepared nanocoating was hydrophobic and had a self-cleaning effect. The fill factors for the reference panel (RP), commercial-nanocoated panel (CNP), and prepared-nanocoated panel (PNP), were 0.68, 0.69, and 0.7, respectively. After 40 days of exposure to outdoor conditions, the dust densities on the RP and PNP panels' surfaces were 10 and 4.39 g/m(2), respectively. Thus, the nanocoated panel's efficiency was found to be higher than that of the reference panel by 30.7%.
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spelling pubmed-97323492022-12-10 Enhance the performance of photovoltaic solar panels by a self-cleaning and hydrophobic nanocoating Tayel, Samir Ahmed Abu El-Maaty, Ashour Eid Mostafa, Eman Mohamed Elsaadawi, Youssef Fayez Sci Rep Article The photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are negatively impacted by dust accumulation. The variance in dust density from point to point raises the risk of forming hot spots. Therefore, a prepared PDMS/SiO2 nanocoating was used to reduce the accumulated dust on the PV panels' surface. However, the effectiveness of these coatings is greatly influenced by geographical and climatic factors. Three identical PV modules were installed to run comparable experimental tests simultaneously. The first module is coated with the prepared PDMS/SiO(2) nanocoating, the second is coated with commercial nanocoating, and the third module is uncoated and serves as a reference. The prepared nanocoating was hydrophobic and had a self-cleaning effect. The fill factors for the reference panel (RP), commercial-nanocoated panel (CNP), and prepared-nanocoated panel (PNP), were 0.68, 0.69, and 0.7, respectively. After 40 days of exposure to outdoor conditions, the dust densities on the RP and PNP panels' surfaces were 10 and 4.39 g/m(2), respectively. Thus, the nanocoated panel's efficiency was found to be higher than that of the reference panel by 30.7%. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9732349/ /pubmed/36481954 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25667-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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