Review on using of Phase Change Material (PCM) for Photovoltaic (PV) cooling

In the light of importance of sustainabile development, global warming as well as mortality of Fossil fuel correspondingly using of solar energy be more and more important. Photovoltaiv panel is an application of solar energy resource. A weakness of Photovoltaic panel is efficiency reduction caused by temperature increase. The efficiency of photovoltaic panel decreases by approximately 0.5% per Kelvin. There are different methods to PV thermal regulation, which the use of Phase change material is more important one. Organic or inorganic compounds that are capable of absorbing and storing large amounts of heat energy are called phase-change materials. Due to the high efficiency and high capicity of phase-change materials in energy storage systems, the use of these materials in recent years has attracted many developed countries. Accordingly, this paper reviewd studies about using PCMs for PV thermal regulation. Considering to the considerable enhancement of the PV performance via application the PCM, the PCMs can be a appropriate solution for the PV performance enhancement.