Effects of Cerium removal from glass on photovoltaic module performance and stability

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7412, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kempe, Michael D ^a   Moricone, Thomas ^a   Kilkenny, Matt ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Skyline Solar Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerium; EVA; Glass; Photovoltaic; Stability

Indexed keywords

ENCAPSULANTS; EVA; HIGH VOLTAGE; HYDROCARBON-BASED POLYMERS; LIFESPANS; LIGHT-INDUCED DEGRADATION; LONG TERM STABILITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHOTON TRANSMISSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; QUALIFICATION TEST; ULTRA-VIOLET; UV EXPOSURE; UV INDUCED; UV RADIATION; UV TRANSMISSION;

ANTIMONY; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ETHYLENE; GLASS; HYDROCARBONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL ACETATES; RELIABILITY; SILICONES; STABILITY; STRESSES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77956834600     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825699     Document Type: Conference Paper

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