US 12,323,099 B2
Polymer based photovoltaic modules with embedded optical sensors
Issam Gereige, Thuwal (SA); Anas Bintin, Thuwal (SA); and Konstantinos Kotsovos, Thuwal (SA)
Assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/181,908.
Claims priority of application No. 20230100186 (GR), filed on Mar. 3, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0297619 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. H02S 50/00 (2014.01); G01N 21/59 (2006.01); G01N 25/56 (2006.01); H02S 40/30 (2014.01); H02S 50/15 (2014.01); H10F 19/80 (2025.01)
CPC H02S 50/00 (2013.01) [G01N 21/59 (2013.01); G01N 25/56 (2013.01); H02S 40/30 (2014.12); H02S 50/15 (2014.12); H10F 19/804 (2025.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
exposing a photovoltaic module comprising a first polymer layer between second and third polymer layers to ultraviolet light;
measuring a transmittance of light in the first polymer layer using a first optical sensor disposed in the first polymer layer at a first position; and
calculating a change in transmittance relative to a transmittance of the first polymer layer prior to ultraviolet light exposure.