Partial shading of one solar cell in a photovoltaic module with 3-terminal cell interconnection

We examine the electrical and thermal characteristics of a photovoltaic module with three-terminal cell interconnection when partially shading solar by experimentally verified modeling. For multi junction tandem cells two- (2T), three- (3T), four-terminal (4T) architecture is conceivable. The 3T featuring combination parallel series combines advantageous 2T 4T without their drawbacks. build (PV) silicon in configuration (3TTSC PV module) to emulate 20 3TTSC. To best our knowledge, no 3TTSC more than five has been shown previous studies. measure effect this develop an simulation model experimental results. In simulations we determine dissipated power top bottom due current mismatch caused partial shading. Our results reveal that shaded as well adjacent dissipate single shaded. two share power. simulated dissipation correlates temperature measurements steady-state sun simulator. Therefore, lower configuration. This advantage modules terms reliability long-term stability.