The effect of dust on transmission and self-cleaning property of solar panels

Energy Procedia

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 421-427

  Hee, Jia Yun ^a   Kumar, Lalit Verma ^b   Danner, Aaron James ^b   Yang, Hyunsoo ^b   Bhatia, Charanjit Singh ^b  

^a Hwa Chong Institution (College)   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dust accumulation; Solar panels; Titanium oxide; Transmission

Indexed keywords

DUST ACCUMULATION; FILM PARAMETERS; FIXED ANGLES; GLASS SAMPLES; GLASS SLIDES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HEAVY RAINS; HEAVY TRAFFICS; OUTDOOR EXPOSURE; SELF-CLEANING COATINGS; SELF-CLEANING PROPERTIES; SINGAPORE; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR PANELS; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SUBSTRATE TILTS; TIO;

GLASS; METEOROLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; TRANSMISSIONS;

DUST;

EID: 84860518182     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.02.051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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