Reliability assessment of silicone coated silicon concentrator solar cells by accelerated aging tests for immersing in de-ionized water

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2781-2788

  Han, Xinyue ^a   Wang, Yiping ^a   Zhu, Li ^a   Xiang, Haijun ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accelerated aging tests; DI water immersion; Electrical performance; Reliability; Silicon concentrator solar cells; Silicone coating

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGING TEST; CONCENTRATOR SOLAR CELLS; DAMP HEAT; DI WATER IMMERSION; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; ENCAPSULATED CELL; GALVANIC CORROSION; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; RELIABLE PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION RESULT; THERMAL CYCLING TEST; WATER IMMERSION; WATER IMMERSION TESTS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; IONIZATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SILICONES; TESTING;

SILICONE COATINGS;

AGING; COATING; COOLING; CORROSION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENCAPSULATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SILICON; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TESTING METHOD; TRANSPARENCY;

EID: 80053972704     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.08.018     Document Type: Article

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