期刊
COATINGS
卷 12, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/coatings12040502
关键词
dust deposition; super-hydrophobic coating; super-hydrophilic coating; spectral transmittance; solar cells
资金
- Xinjiang Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [2021D01E08]
- High-level Talents Project of Xinjiang University [100521001]
- National Oversea High-level Talents Program - Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Fund [2019A1515110555]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [D2191930]
This study compares the self-cleaning performances and mechanisms of super-hydrophobic and super-hydrophilic coatings on solar photovoltaic cells. The results show that the super-hydrophobic coating has a better self-cleaning effect, effectively reducing dust deposition. The self-cleaning mechanism of the super-hydrophobic coating involves the rolling of liquid droplets to remove deposited dust particles, while the super-hydrophilic coating relies on the breakup of the liquid film.
Dust deposition on solar photovoltaic (PV) cells will dramatically reduce the photovoltaic power output. Self-cleaning coating may be a novel method to decrease dust deposition problems. This paper compares self-cleaning performances and mechanisms of super-hydrophobic and super-hydrophilic coating on dirt deposition decrease for solar photovoltaic cells by experimental measurement. In the process of the deposition of dust on solar cells, covering glass, coated and uncoated, is conducted under natural settling conditions. Moreover, the dust removal efficiency of the glass samples with and without coatings is studied under water spraying conditions. The wettability of different surfaces, dust deposition mass, dust removal efficiency, self-cleaning mechanisms, and transmittance of glass samples are investigated and analyzed. Under natural settling conditions, the deposition mass reduction ratio by the super-hydrophilic coating is only 8.1%, while it can reach 85.8% by the super-hydrophobic coating because of surface micro-structures and low surface energy. However, after the water spraying process, the remaining dust mass ratio for the super-hydrophobic surface is only 16.5%, while it is 18.6% for the super-hydrophilic surface. The self-cleaning mechanism of super-hydrophobic coating is that most deposited particles of dust are removed from glass samples by the rolling of liquid droplets. However, the self-cleaning mechanism of super-hydrophilic coating is the breakup of the liquid film. Therefore, both coatings can effectively reduce dust deposition under water spraying conditions. The average transmittance of super-hydrophobic and super-hydrophilic coatings after the water spraying process is 91.1% and 86.4%, respectively, while it is only 61.1% for the uncoated glass sample.
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