Evaluation of high-temperature exposure of photovoltaic modules

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 954-965

  Kurtz, Sarah ^a   Whitfield, Kent ^b   Tamizhmani, G ^c   Koehl, Michael ^d   Miller, David ^a   Joyce, James ^e   Wohlgemuth, John ^a   Bosco, Nick ^a   Kempe, Michael ^a   Zgonena, Timothy ^e  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Solaria   (United States)

^c T V Rheinland Industrie Service GmbH   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^e UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

long term degradation; qualification tests; thermal endurance

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS BEHAVIORS; COMBINED EFFECT; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; DEGRADATION TESTING; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE EXPOSURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; QUALIFICATION TEST; THERMAL ENDURANCE; VARIABLE TEMPERATURE; WIND SPEED;

DURABILITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; STRESSES; TEMPERATURE;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 82055176948     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1103     Document Type: Article

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