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@ARTICLE{Qiu:890066,
author = {Qiu, Kaifu and Bittkau, Karsten and Lambertz, Andreas and
Duan, Weiyuan and Liang, Zongcun and Shen, Hui and Rau, Uwe
and Ding, Kaining},
title = {{T}he {I}mpact of {R}eflectance {V}ariation in {S}ilicon
{H}eterojunction {S}olar {C}ells and {M}odules on the
{P}erception of {C}olor {D}ifferences},
journal = {IEEE journal of photovoltaics},
volume = {11},
number = {2},
issn = {2156-3403},
address = {New York, NY},
publisher = {IEEE},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-00656},
pages = {306 - 311},
year = {2021},
abstract = {The color produced by visible light that reflects from the
photovoltaic modules can influence visual aesthetics for
colored photovoltaic applications, such as the building
integrated photo-voltaic and the vehicles integrated
photovoltaic. How two colors lying close together can be
perceived by the human eye is important for aesthetic
design. In this article, we investigate the reflectance
spectra variation caused by the variation of indium tin
oxide thickness and incidence angle of sunlight based on the
well-known silicon heterojunction solar cells and modules.
By converting the reflectance spectra into the Delta E 2000
value, we quantify whether differences in color can be
perceived. The colors are also predicted based on the
standard red, green, and blue color space. The results show
that the reflectance variation because of an ITO thickness
deviation of 5 nm in SHJ solar cells leads to a perceptible
color difference, which can be suppressed after
encapsulation but is still perceptible on close observation.
The ITO thickness deviation should be controlled within 3 nm
to produce a nearly imperceptible visual appearance. The
color difference of SHJ modules with an ITO thickness of 70
nm is nearly imperceptible if the incidence angle is below
70°. For comparison, the color differences of the
passivated emitter and rear contact solar cells using SiNx
as an antireflection layer is also investigated},
cin = {IEK-5},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-5-20101013},
pnm = {1213 - Cell Design and Development (POF4-121) / 1214 -
Modules, stability, performance and specific applications
(POF4-121)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1213 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1214},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000621413300008},
doi = {10.1109/JPHOTOV.2020.3048240},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/890066},
}