Investigation of Adhesion Forces Between Dust Particles and Solar Glass

Helio Moutinho; Chun Sheng Jiang; Bobby To; Craig Perkins; Matthew Muller; Mowafak Al-Jassim; Lin Simpson

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366538

Investigation of Adhesion Forces Between Dust Particles and Solar Glass

Helio Moutinho, Chun Sheng Jiang, Bobby To, Craig Perkins, Matthew Muller, Mowafak Al-Jassim, Lin Simpson

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Abstract

We investigate the adhesion mechanisms that occur in the first stages of soiling by measuring adhesion forces between different kinds of particles and solar glass, using force vs. distance curves in an atomic force microscope (AFM). To simulate several degrees of roughness, we polished the samples at different conditions. We studied the effects of relative humidity by performing the measurements in a glove box and in an AFM enclosure. The measurements revealed that the main interactions are van der Waals and capillary forces. We show the dependence of the adhesion force on the several parameters and provide an explanation of how they operate.

Original language	American English
Pages	2280-2284
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366538
State	Published - 2018
Event	2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC) - Washington, D.C. Duration: 25 Jun 2017 → 30 Jun 2017

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Conference	2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC)
City	Washington, D.C.
Period	25/06/17 → 30/06/17

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NREL/CP-5K00-67802

Keywords

adhesion forces
dust particles
soiling

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