Maxeon Photo voltaic Applied sciences has printed outcomes it says confirms the resilience of its Maxeon Interdigitated Again Contact (IBC) panels in opposition to damaging hotspots.
The corporate shared the outcomes of its inner analysis in a white paper and R&D examine on hotspots, that includes its IBC panels, together with its Maxeon 7 line, alongside a collection of competing applied sciences comprising half-cell ribbon-based again contact, half-cell heterojunction (HJT) and half-cell entrance contact tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) panels.
Panels have been examined first underneath full-sun situations to find out the velocity and severity at which hotspots can kind as photo voltaic cells then grow to be partially shaded.
Maxeon says its IBC panels present photo voltaic mitigating the event of hotspots that may irreparably injury commonplace panels by higher minimizing warmth build-up in shaded cells than the ribbon-based again contact, HJT and TOPCon applied sciences examined.
Moreover, when subjected to simulated bypass diode failure, the corporate says its panels’ electrical structure continued to restrict warmth build-up within the shaded cells, affording extra protections.
“We’ve spent practically 40 years refining the patented cell and panel design of our proprietary Maxeon IBC panel know-how to maximise reliability and vitality manufacturing, each crucial components in decreasing the levelized price of vitality for purchasers all over the world,” says Matt Dawson, Maxeon’s CTO.
“The hotspot resilience of the Maxeon IBC panel is simply one other method we contribute to a longer-lasting, extra sturdy panel that facilitates superior lifetime vitality output for photo voltaic prospects.”
