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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Spatial-Temporal Hotspot Management of Photovoltaic Modules Based on Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Arrays.

Haotian Ding, Rui Guo, Huan Xing, Yu Chen, Jiajun He, Junxian Luo, Maojie Chen, Ye Chen, Shaochun Tang, Fei Xu

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Haotian DingKey National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Rui GuoKey National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Huan XingKey National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Yu ChenKey National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Jiajun HeKey National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Junxian LuoKey National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Maojie ChenKey National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Ye ChenCollege of Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0269-0722
Shaochun TangKey National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Fei XuKey National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.

Funding

Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2023B1515120011Jiangsu Carbon Peak Carbon Neutralization Science and Technology Innovation Special Fund BE2022605Key Research and Development Program of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Science and Technology of China BE2020684, BE2022332National Key Research and Development Program of China No. 2022YFA1602700 and 2022YFB2502104National Natural Science Foundation of China 61925502, 62135007 and 22375089Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province BK20243014
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Abstract

Against the backdrop of an urgent energy crisis, solar energy has attracted sufficient attention as one of the most inexhaustible and friendly types of environmental energy. Faced with long service and harsh environment, the poor performance ratios of photovoltaic arrays and safety hazards are frequently boosted worldwide. In particular, the hot spot effect plays a vital role in weakening the power generation performance and reduces the lifetime of photovoltaic (PV) modules. Here, our research reports a spatial-temporal hot spot management system integrated with fiber Bragg grating (FBG) temperature sensor arrays and cooling hydrogels. Through finite element simulations and indoor experiments in laboratory conditions, a superior cooling effect of hydrogels and photoelectric conversion efficiency improvement have been demonstrated. On this basis, field tests were carried out in which the FBG arrays detected the surface temperature of the PV module first, and then a classifier based on an optimized artificial neural network (ANN) recognized hot spots with an accuracy of 99.1%. The implementation of cooling hydrogels as a feedback mechanism achieved a 7.7 °C reduction in temperature, resulting in a 5.6% enhancement in power generation efficiency. The proposed strategy offers valuable insights for conducting predictive maintenance of PV power plants in the case of hot spots.

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cooling hydrogelsfiber Bragg grating temperature sensorhot spot managementmachine learningphotovoltaic module

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PMID40808043
PMCPMC12349028

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