Degradation kinetics of CIGS solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 001943-001947

  Coyle, Dennis J ^a   Blaydes, Holly A ^a   Pickett, James E ^a   Northey, Rebecca S ^a   Gardner, James O ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION FACTORS; ANALYTIC SOLUTION; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; CUMULATIVE DAMAGE MODELS; DAMP HEAT; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEGRADATION RATE; DIFFUSION-CONTROLLED PROCESS; DIFFUSION-CONTROLLED REGIME; INDUCED DEGRADATION; KINETIC RATES; METEOROLOGICAL INPUT; MOISTURE BARRIERS; MOISTURE DIFFUSION; SQUARE ROOTS; SQUARE-ROOT DEPENDENCE;

DIFFUSION; MOISTURE; PACKAGING; SOLAR CELLS;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 77951569777     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411551     Document Type: Conference Paper

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