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Reflections on a soiled module

Having quickly proven their performance boosting potential and durability, anti-reflective coatings are now found on the majority of modules rolling off the world’s production lines. Today, coating suppliers are looking to tackle losses from soiling as well as reflection, and working to keep up with cost reductions and extended lifetime expectations at module level. Older modules, installed without a coating, could also be set to benefit from their latest innovations.

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Mark Hutchins

15 Jan 2019

Developing a coating that could be applied at ambient temperatures without the need for high temperature curing is the key innovation that makes retrofit coatings possible. | DSM

Since emerging around 2013, anti-reflective (AR) coatings for PV glass have been able to quickly establish themselves as a surefire way to gain a significant performance boost from a module, without making major changes in production. Typical anti-reflective coatings are reported to provide a 2-3% boost to module output, by altering the surface of …

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