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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 636, 2025
2025 10th International Conference on Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering (ICSREE 2025)
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| Article Number | 02005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 9 | |
| Section | Solar Energy Harvesting and System Innovations | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202563602005 | |
| Published online | 30 June 2025 | |
Shading Effects on the Reliability of Flexible Solar Modules in Arid Environment
1 Department of Industrial Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
2 Department of Industrial Engineering, Al Hussein Technical University, Amman, Jordan
* Corresponding author: kmalzoubi4@just.edu.jo
Solar modules built on flexible platforms are light, rugged, and can fit any surface. However, these modules are susceptible to many stresses that can inversely affect their reliability. In this work, the effect of design factors on the performance of flexible mono-crystalline solar modules was studied. The considered factors were shading, bending curvature, and the height of the air gap underneath the module. Design-of-experiments tools were used to analyze the data collected during the experiments. The results showed that all considered factors were statistically significant and highly affected the modules’ efficiency. Moreover, shading was the most significant element, and a small shading percentage can greatly deteriorate the performance of the modules.
Key words: Sustainability / Flexible solar cells / Reliability / Renewable energy
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