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ADVANCEMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ‘‘ATAMO’’: A SOLAR MODULE ADAPTED FOR THE
CLIMATE CONDITIONS OF THE ATACAMA DESERT IN CHILE
Enrique Cabrera1, Andreas Schneider1, Jorge Rabanal Arabach1,
Pablo Ferrada2, Raul R. Cordero3, Edward Fuentealba2, Radovan Kopecek1 1International Solar Energy Research Center -ISC- Konstanz, Rudolf-Diesel-Str. 15, 78467 Konstanz, Germany
2University of Antofagasta, Av. Angamos 601, 1270300 Antofagasta, Chile 3Universidad of Santiago de Chile, Av. Bernardo O’higgins 3363, Santiago, Chile.
Corresponding author: Phone: +49 7531 3618356; Fax: +49 7531 3618311; Email: [email protected]
ABSTRACT: Standard testing conditions as IEC and UL were not developed for applications in climates such as the
Atacama Desert, which is well known for extremely high irradiation levels (also UV), large temperature gradients,
corrosive environment, partial high humidity (“camanchaca”) and a really fine dust (“chusca”). Therefore the PV
system performance and longevity is strongly affected, and the standards are only partly applicable to determine the
module stability against climatic impacts. In the present study, we investigate the performance of different setups of
half-size and full-size cell modules under accelerated indoor test conditions, performed at ISC Konstanz, Germany
and later installed at the Solar Platform of the Atacama Desert (PSDA) in Yungay, Chile. We fabricated mini-
modules employing variations of glass thickness, cell configurations (p- and n-type), 3 types of encapsulants (EVA,
low UV light cut-off EVA and thermoplastic material), 3 different backsheets (white standard, transparent and desert
type) and glass-glass configurations. After 6000 hours of damp heat (DH) exposure the groups perform differently
due the encapsulated materials used. Best results are observed with thermoplastic material, regardless of the
backsheet used. The humidity freeze 41 (HF) and UV62 test reveals a negligible degradation for all module
configurations. Thermo-cycling 200 (TC) shows less relative Pmpp losses when glass on the rear side is used, while
half-size cell modules are more sensitive for thermal stress than full-size cell modules, showing more defects such as
cracks and metallization damages. Finally, preliminary outdoor measurements carried out at the PSDA and in
Konstanz reveal that the ARC glass helps to improve the performance ratio (PR) up to 1%. The full-cell size modules
show a strong PR decay above 800 Wm-2 whereas for half-size cell modules with ARC the specific yield is up to
2.3% higher compared to standard glass and up to 4.3% higher than for full-size cell modules above 900 Wm-2.
Keywords: PV module, Accelerated Environmental Indoor Test, Desert Module, Defects, Silicon Solar Cell
1 INTRODUCTION
Current PV modules are developed, produced,
characterized and tested according to international norms
(IEC and UL) in order to help the final solar products
passing environmental tests and reaching long lifetimes
with guaranteed power output. These standards are
derived partly from long-term data analysis of solar
modules installed in Europe and North America, which
reveal the typical damage and defects associated to the
environments in these regions.
In the last years, Chile entered to the PV market with
a large number of new installations. Chile's cumulative
installed PV capacity stood at 582 MW as of the end of
July 2015 and, in contrast, Chile's pipeline of approved
PV projects totaled 9.6 GW, according to the latest report
from CIFES [1]. The main driver for PV installations in
Chile is the high electricity price, cost-effective PV
modules and high radiation levels. Chile has declared
itself to be a country with huge potential for PV due to
the combination of large irradiation levels, long sunhours
and low temperatures, resulting in an energy potential of
more than 1800 kWh/kWp for c-Si technologies [2]. The
decline of the prices for solar modules combined with the
attraction to Chile as the right place for investors caused
a first Chilean boom for PV applications, positioning
Chile into the second place of the top ten most attractive
PV markets and market growth expectations [3]. Thus,
Chile became one of the first countries where PV energy
is economically integrated to the energy grid without any
subsidies, as it was predicted in [4]. However, in relation
to the quality of solar modules and performance, almost
no scientific work has been carried out for the Atacama
Desert conditions. The long exposure time and high
intensities compared to Europe will have a strong effect
on the lifetime, degradation and power achieved by the
modules.
Consequently, PV modules must be evaluated for
quality standards adapted to Chile with the aim of
reaching the same lifetime found in Europe or North
America. Constituting materials, characterization and
evaluation methods have to be improved. To proceed,
knowledge and experience on the damage and defect
patterns of PV systems in the Atacama Desert are
required.
In the present study, we investigate the performance
of different setups of half-size and full-size cell modules
under accelerated environmental indoor test conditions,
performed at ISC Konstanz, Germany and later installed
at the Solar Platform of the Atacama Desert (PSDA) in
Yungay, Chile, in order to find the best material
combination for the so called AtaMo; a solar module
adapted for the climate conditions of the Atacama desert
in Chile.
2 EXPERIMENT
One cell modules based on 6-inch p-type mc-Si and
bifacial 6-inch n-type pseudo-square Cz-Si solar cells
with standard 3 busbar metallization patterns and a
variation of different glasses, encapsulants and
backsheets were processed. The ribbon soldering process
on the front and rear side was performed manually by
hand or automatically by a stringer machine using the
same type of ribbon and flux. Several glasses with
different thicknesses were employed, meaning 1.0, 1.5,
2.0 and 3.2 mm glass. In particular, for the latter one
antireflection coating layer (ARC) was also incorporated.
For the encapsulation material ethylene vinyl acetate
(EVA), thermoplastic materials (TM) and low UV light
cut-off EVA (U) was used. For the backsheet material
standard (white), transparent and desert (which is
optimized in terms of abrasion and thickness for desert
regions) type sheets, as well as glass were employed. The
pressure and temperature for the lamination process was
adapted for the glass-glass module configuration when
necessary.
Electroluminescence (EL) measurements were
carried out to control the soldering and lamination
process as well as to investigate the environmental indoor
test performances. Peel tests were carried out to monitor
the soldering process, IV characteristics were measured
by a class AAA solar simulator with an illumination area
of 22 × 22 cm2 at STC conditions before and after
lamination to determine the cell to module losses (CTM)
and to quantify the environmental indoor test results.
Thus, in total, 37 groups were fabricated from which 14
groups are based on mc-Si cells for DH, HF and Ultra-
Violet (UV) degradation test and 23 groups are based on
bifacial n-type cells for TC test and outdoor
measurements at the Solar Platform of the Atacama
Desert (PSDA) in Yungay, Chile and at ISC Konstanz in
Germany.
In relation to the quality of solar modules and
performance, no scientific work has been carried out for
accelerated environmental indoor test conditions taking
into account the Chilean climatic condition for the
Atacama Desert. Therefore, in the presented study we
extended the application time and cycles for the
IEC61215 tests. DH test ranging from 1000 to 6000
hours was carried out on 10 groups (each containing
between 2 to 4 one mc-Si cell modules) according to
Table I. One part is currently being tested at ISC
Konstanz whereas the other part was sent to PSDA in
order to investigate the performances at outdoor
conditions. HF test was performed up to 41 cycles on 8
groups marked with bold in Table I (one module per
group).
Table I: Experimental setups for DH and HF test
Glass thickness
[mm] Backsheet (BS) Encapsulation
1.5 Desert (D) E
1.5 Standard (S) E
2.0 Desert (D) E
2.0 Standard (S) E
3.2 Desert (D) E
3.2 Standard (S) E
3.2 Desert (D) TM
3.2 Standard (S) TM
2.0 Transparent (T) E
3.2 Transparent (T) E
Another 4 groups of mc-Si cell modules were
produced for UV degradation (2 modules per group).
Low UV light cut-off EVA (U) encapsulation material
and glass with ARC are incorporated. All groups were
sent to the University of Santiago de Chile (USACH) for
UV exposure test and then received back to investigate
potential UV degradation. Due to the high UV-B
radiation in the Atacama Desert [5] as well as mean
temperatures between 10 and 20°C for cold months and
20–30°C for warm months [6], the UV chamber was
operated only with UV-B and at room temperature. The
UV-B dose was selected to correspond to 1 day of
irradiation in the Atacama Desert during 30 min of UV
chamber operation. In order to achieve a deeper
understanding of UV degradation, spectral photometer
measurements of reflectivity (R) and transmissivity (T)
versus wave length from 300 to 1200 nm were carried
out. The structure of the laminated modules were based
on front flat 3.2 mm solar glass followed by EVA (E),
thermoplastic material (TM) or low UV light cut-off
EVA (U), separated by a bifacial n-type cell and finished
by another encapsulation layer of the same kind as the
front material and a rear flat 1.5 mm solar glass, see
Table II. The R and T measurements were performed
outside the cell area (2 modules per group).
Table II: Experimental setup for UV exposure test
Glass thickness [mm]
Backsheet (BS)
Encapsulation
3.2 Standard TM
3.2 Standard U
3.2 Standard E
3.2 ARC Standard E
For TC test, 15 module groups based on 19.6%
efficient bifacial half- and full-size cells were fabricated
based on glass-glass and glass-transparent backsheet
(TBS), see Table III for details.
Table III: Experimental setup for TC200 test
Front side Rear side Bifi cell Encapsulation
3.2 Glass TBS FULL TM
3.2 Glass TBS FULL E
3.2 Glass TBS HALF TM
2.0 Glass TBS FULL TM
2.0 Glass TBS FULL E
2.0 Glass TBS HALF TM
2.0 Glass 2.0 Glass FULL TM
2.0 Glass 2.0 Glass FULL E
2.0 Glass 2.0 Glass HALF TM
1.0 Glass TBS FULL TM
1.0 Glass TBS FULL E
1.0 Glass TBS HALF TM
1.0 Glass 1.0 Glass FULL TM
1.0 Glass 1.0 Glass FULL E
1.0 Glass 1.0 Glass HALF TM
Additionally, 8 groups of glass-glass and glass-TBS
modules featuring 20% efficient n-type solar cells were
manufactured in order to investigate the bifaciality
concept installed at the PSDA in Yungay, Chile, and later
on at ISC Konstanz in terms of energy yield performance.
For each group the bifaciality factor is at least 91%. For
outdoor characterization half- and full-size cell modules
were fabricated using a glass thickness of 3.2 mm with
and without ARC, see Table IV. For the setup in
Konstanz, a white cover (with an albedo of more than
90% reflectivity) is used in order to improve the rear
irradiation from the ground. An average summer day was
selected, while no white cover is used at the PSDA. IV
measurements were performed every 5 min using an IV
curve outdoor tracer. Resistance thermometer PT100
sensors were used to measure the ambient temperature
and working temperature of the module. A silicon cell
photodiode was used for measuring the global irradiance
(GTI) at the array plane.
Table IV: Experimental setup for outdoor measurements
Front side Rear side Bifi
cell Encapsulation
3.2 Glass TBS FULL E
3.2 Glass TBS HALF E
3.2 Glass 3.2 Glass FULL E
3.2 Glass 3.2 Glass HALF E
3.2 A
Glass 3.2 Glass FULL E
3.2 A
Glass 3.2 Glass HALF E
3.2 A
Glass
3.2 A
Glass FULL E
3.2 AGlass 3.2 A
Glass HALF E
3 RESULTS
3.1 CTM analysis
3.1.1 mc-Si cell modules
The mc-Si full-cell modules fabricated for DH and
HF tests (see Table I) reveal less CTM Isc losses for
thinner glass, as Figure 1 shows, due to less absorption in
the glass substrate. In terms of lower CTM Pmpp losses,
the best material combination is 1.5 mm glass, EVA as
encapsulant and desert backsheet (DBS).
Figure 1: Relative CTM Pmpp and Isc losses of modules
before DH and HF tests
For the CTM analysis, the measured Isc is the critical
size to validate the performance, where 3% gain in Isc is
observed by the flat glass with ARC and EVA as
encapsulant (A-E), as it is expected. Note that this gain in
current means less relative Pmpp losses and also less
relative efficiency losses, see Figure 2.
Figure 2: Relative CTM losses of modules before UV
exposure test
3.1.2 Half-size and full-size bifacial n-type cell modules
Fifteen bifacial n-type cell modules were fabricated
and classified into 5 groups according to the embedding
material configuration, meaning glass-glass or glass-TBS.
In Figure 3 the relative FF losses for these 5 groups is
displayed, divided in 3 sub-groups delimited by dotted
lines (as a guide for the eye). The red column
corresponds to EVA (E) and the blue columns to
thermoplastic material (TM). Finally, the difference
between the blue columns corresponds to the full-size
cell module design, while half-size cell modules
correspond to the blue columns with patterns. It should
be mentioned that no half size-cell module were
fabricated with EVA.
The CTM analysis shows relative FF losses of
approximately 4% in average for the front and rear side.
No micro-cracks were observed by EL after soldering or
after the lamination process. Less FF losses for half-size
cell modules with identical connector tabs were observed
due to a reduction of series resistance and output current,
if compared to the full-size cell configuration. Thus, half-
size solar cells generating half the current significantly
reduce the series resistance losses to a quarter compared
to full size cells as it is reported in previous studies [7, 8].
Comparing the half-size cell module configurations,
higher relative CTM FF losses are observed for 1.0 mm
glass and TBS. Thus, higher effects of thermal stress
meaning higher relative Pmpp losses after TC test are
expected for this group as a consequence.
Figure 3: Relative CTM losses of modules before TC
environmental test
3.2 DH test
Figure 4 shows the relative FF losses of the modules
during DH testing for the individual groups. From the
beginning of the test up to 2000 hrs no significant losses
are measured. After DH2000 long-term exposure, a
degrading effect caused by the high humidity and
temperature on the samples is observed. While standard
backsheet resulted in high relative FF losses after
DH3000, desert and TBS exhibited a much more stable
behavior. The largest degradation of this test is observed
from DH3000 to DH4000, where groups based on EVA
showed around 50% of relative FF losses. This is the
point where thermoplastic material makes the difference.
From DH4000 to DH6000, delamination, corrosion and
discoloration as a result of humidity penetration become
stronger pronounced and lead to more losses in Isc than
Impp resulting in less relative FF losses. After DH6000,
the best weatherability and performance was found for
thermoplastic material (TM). This phenomenon is shown
by the red curves in Figure 4.
Figure 4: Relative FF losses after DH6000 for different
solar material configurations with focus on the
encapsulant. Black curves denote to EVA as
encapsulation material, while red ones refer to
thermoplastic material (TM)
In parallel, EL characterization was performed
applying the same current and exposure time in order to
obtain comparable pictures. From Figure 5, a strong
humidity penetration effect can be observed at the edge
of 3.2G-SBS-E after DH4000, where delamination and
corrosion are present. Humidity diffused through the
edges and across the ribbons causes this effect. In the
case of 3.2-DBS-TM, after DH6000 the module remains
electrically active achieving around 10% relative FF
losses.
Figure 5: EL picture during DH test intervals
3.3 HF test
Figure 6 shows excellent performance of the modules
during HF testing, giving certainty on the ability of
samples to withstand the effects of high temperatures
combined with humidity for all tested groups. After HF41
long-time exposure, no significant changes are observed.
The little variation is within the measuring error range.
Figure 6: Relative FF losses vs. HF cycle number with
focus on the encapsulant
3.4 UV exposure test
In order to identify materials able to withstand high
doses of ultra-violet (UV) radiation, UV lab tests were
performed considering the UV dose in the Atacama
Desert. The UV chamber located at USACH in Chile was
operated only with UV-B due to its high contribution in
comparison with UV-A measured at real conditions in the
Atacama Desert [5] and at room temperature. After UV41
long-time exposure, accounting for 7 years real world
(37.3 kWh m-2) exposure, no significant changes are
observed. It should also be mentioned that some cell
cracks are observed due to the transport from Chile to
Germany, which do not affect the measurement results
and are within the error range, see Figure 7. After 62 days
UV exposure, with a UV-B dose of 56.3 kWh m-2,
corresponding to approximately 10 years in the Atacama
Desert, results are still within the error range.
Figure 7: Relative FF losses vs. UV degradation test
In order to investigate the reason for the low UV
degradation performance, spectral photometer
measurement for reflectivity (R) and transmissivity (T)
versus wavelength λ were carried out for the 3
encapsulants: EVA (E), thermoplastic material (TM) and
low UV light cut-off EVA (U). Taking into account only
the UV-B range, in our case, from 300 to 315 nm and
introducing the effective R and T [9] by integrating the
curve and weighting it by the AM1.5 solar spectrum
(only for the UV-B range), more transmissivity of UV-B
is expected for the modules using TM compared to U and
E, where TM permits to transmit 32.55% of UV-B
irradiance, 0.08% with U and 0.04% with E, respectively.
The reflectivity values remain also on the same level, see
Table V.
Regarding the dose of applied UV-B in comparison
with the IEC61215 definition, a higher total UV
irradiation was used. This may lead to faster degradation
which can occur in combination with UV-A, since even
UV-A has longer wave-lengths meaning less energy than
UV-B, largest percentage of UV-A can penetrate into the
glass-encapsulant system and it may be enough to change
the composition of the encapsulant. Thus, UV-A opens
the way for UV-B penetration and more damage could be
detected.
Table V: Effective R and T values for the experimental
setup for encapsulant E, TM and U
Spectrum
300-315 [nm]
E
[%]
TM
[%]
U
[%]
T eff 0.04 ± 0.0 32.55 ± 0.88 0.08 ± 0.03
R eff 4.81 ± 0.3 5.72 ± 0.05 4.49 ± 0.07
3.5 TC test
For relative Pmpp losses after TC200, slightly higher
ability of the modules based on EVA as encapsulant than
TM to withstand the effect of thermal stress as result of
extreme temperature change ((–40±2) °C to (85±2) °C) is
observed, no matter which kind of glass on the front and
glass or TBS on the rear side is used, compare blue with
red columns in Figure 8.
The best performance for full-size cell design is
achieved by 1.0 mm glass-glass with 0.23% relative Pmpp
losses together with 2.0 mm glass-glass module with
0.38%, both of them with EVA as encapsulation material.
For half-size cell design, best results are measured for 1.0
mm glass-glass with 1.65%. Note that, groups with rear
glass show less relative Pmpp losses in comparison with
TBS, since glass-glass is more robust in terms of less
thermal expansion and contraction than glass-TBS. In
particular, the worst result is observed in half-size cell
modules with 1.0 mm glass on front and TBS on rear
where relative Pmpp losses reach more than 20% (see
Figure 8 -column 12), which showed high relative CTM
FF losses in comparison to the half-size cell counterparts
(Figure 3).
Figure 8: Relative Pmpp losses after TC200
Figure 9 shows EL images before and after TC200.
Cracks underneath the ribbons and metallization damages
due to finger and busbar interruptions were found,
evident from the dark areas, and are well correlated with
the relative Pmpp losses in Figure 8 such as described in
[9]. The defects were not visible before starting the TC
test and are more relevant on half-size cell modules,
which are more sensitive for thermal stress than full-size
cell modules as expected. Thus, as the cracks appear on
almost all half-size-cell modules, the power losses
increase.
Figure 9: EL images before and after TC200 for the best
(column 8) and worst (column 5) performing full-size
cell, and the best (column 15) and worst (column 12)
performing half-size cell module with EVA
3.6 IV Outdoor performance
Energy yield studies and outdoor measurements were
performed at the PSDA (see Figure 10) and at ISC
Konstanz.
Figure 10: Testing under outdoor conditions at PSDA
Figure 11 shows the specific performance ratio (PR)
versus the irradiance for half- and full-size cell modules
with and without ARC glass performed at ISC Konstanz.
The level of density of the PR values is defined by grey-
back areas, while the blue curves represent the tendency
line between all the PR values. ARC glass improves the
PR up to 1% (4% for irradiance above NOCT) which in
combination with half-cells improves the specific yield
up to 2.3%. Full-size cell modules show a strong PR
decay in comparison with half-size cell modules,
especially for irradiances above 800 Wm-2.
Figure 11: PR at different irradiance levels under real
conditions at ISC Konstanz
Figure 12 shows the PR versus the irradiance and the
specific yield for irradiances larger than 900 W/m-2.
Results were carried out at the PSDA. Preliminary results
show an average PR of 110% for half- and 107% for full-
size cell module. More precise and longer investigations
of PR in bifacial standard sized modules showed an
average PR of 100% for modules measured in the El
Gouna desert in Egypt [11]. This confirms the high PR
values. Current studies developed at the coastal zone of
the Atacama Desert reveal an average of maximum PR of
75% for a thin film plant, 78% for a mono-Si plant [6]
and 70% for a mc-Si plant [12]. This huge difference is
due the bifaciality gain, meaning the contribution of the
rear side in the PR calculation. Half-size cell modules
performed up to 2.3% better in specific yield and 2.7%
better in specific performance ratio than full size
modules, mainly driven by less electrical losses due to
strongly reduced current output coming along with higher
voltage compared to full-size cell modules.
Figure 12: Testing under real conditions at PSDA
4 CONCLUSION
Accelerated environmental indoor test was carried
out extending the application time in order to determine
the best combinations of materials for a PV module for
the Atacama Desert. Preliminary results after DH6000,
TC200, UV62, HF41 and IV outdoor measurements
carried out at PSDA and at ISC Konstanz suggest thinner
glass-glass module (1.0 to 2.0 mm thickness) which
shows better resistivity against thermal stress compared
to glass-TBS. Thermoplastic material shall be used as
encapsulant due to its high robustness against long-term
humidity exposure and higher transmissivity expected in
the UV-B range. Finally, outdoor results indicate that
half-size cell modules have a better performance in the
field due to lower electrical power losses at high
irradiation conditions. However, they are more sensitive
for extreme temperature changes than full-size cell
modules as proven in TC test, which means, more cracks
underneath the busbars and more metallization damages.
5 OUTLOOK
For the indoor tests, more cycles in HF, UV and TC
are necessary in order to confirm our preliminary results.
An extended long term outdoor characterization (at
PSDA) has to be performed in order to compare the
indoor performance behavior under real outdoor
operating conditions.
5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This work was supported by the German Ministry of
Education and Research (BMBF) under contract no.
01DN14005 (SolarChilD). This investigation is
supported by the University of Antofagasta, Universidad
of Santiago de Chile and the Chilean Solar Energy
Research Center (SERC Chile) under the framework of
the BMBF project SolarChilD.
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