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Soiling Spectral and Module Temperature Effects: Comparisons of Competing Operating Parameters for Four Commercial PV Module Technologies by Diniz, Antonia Sônia A. C., Duarte, Tulio P., Costa, Suellen A. C., Braga, Daniel Sena, Santana, Vinicius Camatta, Kazmerski, Lawrence L.

“…The choice of a particular PV technology for best performance is sometimes based upon a single factor or single operating condition. However, many parameters…”
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Fundamental Studies of Adhesion of Dust to PV Module Surfaces: Chemical and Physical Relationships at the Microscale by Kazmerski, Lawrence L., Diniz, Antonia Sonia A. C., Brasil Maia, Cristiana, Machado Viana, Marcelo, Costa, Suellen C., Brito, Pedro P., Dias Campos, Claudio, Macheto Neto, Lauro V., de Morais Hanriot, Sergio, de Oliveira Cruz, Leila R.

“…Photovoltaic (PV) module soiling is a growing area of concern for performance and reliability. This paper provides evaluations of the fundamental interactions…”
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Review of the photovoltaic energy program in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil by Diniz, Antonia Sônia A.C., Neto, Lauro V.B. Machado, Camara, Carlos F., Morais, Paulo, Cabral, Claudia V.T., Filho, Delly Oliveira, Ravinetti, Regina F., França, Edson D., Cassini, Denio A., Souza, Márcio E.M., Santos, José H., Amorim, Mara

“…In much of the world, there is increasing demand for electricity to serve rural communities, isolated from the existing grids and typified by low-density…”
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Materials design and discovery: Potential for application to soiling mitigation in photovoltaic systems by Brito, Pedro P., Diniz, Antonia Sonia A.C., Kazmerski, Lawrence L.

“…•Review of new materials science approach to design materials for solar applications.•Application of these novel first-principles methods to dual use ASC & ARC…”
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Estimate of Soiling Rates Based on Soiling Monitoring Station and PV System Data: Case Study for Equatorial-Climate Brazil by Costa, Suellen C. S., Kazmerski, Lawrence L., Diniz, Antonia Sonia A. C.

“…Soiling, particulate accumulation on photovoltaic (PV) module surfaces, reduces the available solar resource and the resulting generated device power. In…”
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Investigations of Snail-Trail and Associated Microcrack Properities and Behavior in Brazil's Tropical Climate by Diniz, Antonia Sonia A.C., Filho, Neolmar de M., Vasconcelos, Claudia K.B., Kazmerski, Lawrence L.

“…PV technology reliability and operating lifetime are priority interests for financial investors, developers, ensuring consumer confidence, and research…”
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Survey of Module and System Quality in Brazil PV Deployments by Kazmerski, Lawrence L., Cassini, Denio Alves, Braga, Daniel Sena, Costa, Suellen C.S., Santana, Vinicius Camatta, Diniz, Antonia Sonia A.C.

“…Brazil is a rapidly emerging solar- PV market and ranked fifth in added-PV power among world countries in 2021. As such, the population of power installations…”
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Comparative Investigations of the Effects of Soiling of PV Modules and Systems in Tropical, Subtropical, and Semi-Arid Climate Zones in Brazil by Silva Costa, Suellen C., de Morais Hanriot, Sergio, Diniz, Antonia Sonia A. C., Kazmerski, Lawrence L., Brasil Maia, Cristiana, Campos, Claudio Dias, Sena Braga, Daniel, Brito, Pedro Paiva, Camatta Santana, Vinicius, Barboso, Elvis Mayk

“…Brasil's principally southern-hemisphere geographic location represents interesting, complex, and comparative opportunities for soiling studies, encompassing…”
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Dust and soiling issues and impacts relating to solar energy systems: Literature review update for 2012–2015 by Costa, Suellen C.S., Diniz, Antonia Sonia A.C., Kazmerski, Lawrence L.

“…The purpose of this review survey is to provide a literature compilation, updating materials reported in several review papers on solar-device soiling and…”
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Study of Photodegradation of Organic Solar Cells Under Brazilian Climate Conditions by Moraes, Lucas Phillip Z. G., Diniz, Antonia Sonia A. C., Viana, Marcelo Machado, Kazmerski, Lawrence L., Soares, Gabriela A.

“…The increasing technical and economic viability of photovoltaic solar energy technologies includes modules with organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, which have…”
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mc-Si thin films by hydrogen plasma assisted vacuum evaporation by Miranda, Diego O, Moura, Thiago D O, Santana, Romeu J, Guimarães, Gilson R, Karger, Erich R S, Diniz, Antonia Sonia A C, Branco, Jose Roberto T

“…In the present work the effect of auxiliary plasma assistance on the structure, composition and optical gap of e-beam vacuum evaporated silicon thin films is…”
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Solar energy dust and soiling R&D progress: Literature review update for 2016 by Costa, Suellen C. S., Diniz, Antonia Sonia A. C., Kazmerski, Lawrence L.

“…The objective of this literature review and survey is to provide a compilation and assessment of recent published reports for solar-electric device soiling…”
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Impact of soiling on Si and CdTe PV modules: Case study in different Brazil climate zones by Costa, Suellen C. Silva, Kazmerski, Lawrence L., Diniz, Antônia Sônia A.C.

“…•Soiling of mc-Si and thin-film CdTe PV modules are compared under Brazil conditions.•Commercial soiling monitoring systems (multicrystalline-Si & thin-film…”
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Dust and soiling issues and impacts relating to solar energy systems: Literature review update for 2012–2015 by Costa, Suellen C. S., Diniz, Antonia Sonia A. C., Kazmerski, Lawrence L.

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Methodology for evaluation of grid-tie connection of distributed energy resources - Case study with photovoltaic and energy storage by Moraes Toledo, Olga, Oliveira Filho, Delly, Diniz, Antonia Sonia A. C., Helvecio Martins, Jose, Murta Vale, Maria Helena

“…The availability of reliable energy sources for all people, especially electricity, indicates an imbalance in the living conditions of a society. Therefore,…”
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Evaluation of the Impacts of Various Cleaning Techniques on Photovoltaic Module Glass by Rodrigues, Jorge A.P., Diniz, Antonia Sonia. A.C., Kazmerski, Lawrence L.

“…The cleaning of PV-module glass to remove soiling and other contaminants can alter the surface physical and optical properties. To assess the impacts of…”
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Module Soiling Spectral and Temperature Effect Comparisons: Focus on CIGSSe, a-SiH, and c-Si by Duarte, Tulio, Costa, Suellen A.C., Diniz, Antonia Sonia A.C., Braga, Daniel, Camatta, Vinicius, Kazmerski, Lawrence L.

“…In this paper, we present a simple comparative soiling model to address the questions: What is the controlling parameter of the combination of soiling spectral…”
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Evaluation of Failure Modes for Photovoltaic Modules in Arid Climatic Zones in Brazil by Cassini, Denio Alves, Costa, Suellen C. Silva, Diniz, Antonia Sonia A.C., Kazmerski, Lawrence L.

“…This paper evaluates the degradation in early-generation photovoltaic (PV) silicon and thin-film modules in arid and semi-arid regions in Brazil…”
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PV Module Technology Comparisons: Comprehensive Study Differentiating Soiling Spectral Effects, Operating Temperature, and Climate Conditions by Duarte, Tulio P., Diniz, Antonia Sonia A.C., Costa, Suellen C.S., Kazmerski, Lawrence L.

“…Photovoltaic (PV) module performance depends upon a collection of inherent and related external parameters. The choice of a particular PV-technology for "best…”
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Impact of Soiling Deposition on CdTe and Si PV Modules in Different Climate Zones in Brazil by Costa, Suellen C.S., Diniz, Antonia Sonia A.C., Braga, Daniel Sena, Kazmerski, Lawrence L.

“…This preliminary case-study report summarizes 5-years of research on the contrasting soiling conditions in the tropical, subtropical, and semi-arid climates in…”
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