Design of Anti-Reflection Coating on PV Module Glass for Maximum Energy Yield

What if solar modules were designed for real-world conditions rather than the datasheet? What if you could modify any physical feature of a solar cell or module and predict how it will behave once mounted in the field?

SunSolve has the most detailed 3D optical model in the industry that covers everything from microscopic cell textures right the way up to tracker posts and mounting structures.

These capabilities were recently demonstrated in work we did in collaboration with Arizona State University and presented by Dr Malcolm Abbott at the 2021 IEEE PVSC. The presentation shows that by optimising a single aspect (the thickness of the antireflection coating) for real-world conditions, there is a 0.3% increase in annual yield available for the configurations that were studied.