Solar PV Panels-Self-Cleaning Coating Material for Egyptian Climatic Conditions

Iman El-Mahallawi; Engy Elshazly; Mohamed Ramadan; Reem Nasser; Moaaz Yasser; Seif El-Badry; Mahmoud Elthakaby; Olugbenga Timo Oladinrin; Muhammad Qasim Rana

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Solar PV Panels-Self-Cleaning Coating Material for Egyptian Climatic Conditions

Iman El-Mahallawi, Engy Elshazly, Mohamed Ramadan, Reem Nasser, Moaaz Yasser, Seif El-Badry, Mahmoud Elthakaby, Olugbenga Timo Oladinrin^*, Muhammad Qasim Rana

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The electrical efficiency of photovoltaic panels is affected by many environmental parameters, which have a negative impact on system electrical efficiency and cost of energy, dust and increased panel temperatures being the most serious in the MENA region. In this work, a few organic-based self-cleaning coatings are developed, and their effects on PVs’ electrical efficiency re assessed for polycrystalline panels exposed to natural soiling conditions outdoors at El-Sherouk City. The results show that monolithic hydrophobic-based coatings using paraffine and dimethyl-siloxane show up to 14.3% improvement in the electrical efficiency of the PV panels, but the role of nanoparticles TiO2 and Al2O3 addition needs further investigation. Hydrophobic-based coatings using dimethyl-siloxane reduce the coated panels’ surface temperature compared with the uncoated panel.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11001-11001
Number of pages	0
Journal	SUSTAINABILITY
Volume	14
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su141711001
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 2 Sept 2022

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Solar PV Panels-Self-Cleaning Coating Material for Egyptian Climatic Conditions

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