Photovoltaic-reliability R&D toward a solar-powered world

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7412, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kurtz, Sarah ^a   Granata, Jennifer ^b   Quintana, Michael ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated testing; Failure analysis; Field testing; Lifetime prediction; PV; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED TESTING; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; FIELD-TESTING; FINANCIAL RISKS; HIGH-RELIABILITY; LIFETIME PREDICTION; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCT RELIABILITY; PV; PV SYSTEM; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOLAR ELECTRICITY; SOLAR-POWERED; SYSTEM AVAILABILITY; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

COSTS; INVESTMENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956857090     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825649     Document Type: Conference Paper

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