Life prediction for CIGS solar modules part 2: Degradation kinetics, accelerated testing, and encapsulant effects

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-186

  Coyle, Dennis J ^a   Blaydes, Holly A ^a   Northey, Rebecca S ^a   Pickett, James E ^a   Nagarkar, Kaustubh R ^a   Zhao, Ri An ^a   Gardner, James O ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

CIGS; model; packaging; photovoltaic; solar; thin film

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED TESTING; ALUMINUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE; ARIZONA; CELL LIFE; CIGS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEGRADATION RATE; DIFFUSION OF WATER; DIFFUSION TIME; ENCAPSULANT MATERIALS; ENCAPSULANTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPOSED TO; FLEXIBLE PACKAGES; FLORIDA; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; KINETIC CONSTANT; KINETIC EXPRESSION; LIFE MODELS; LIFE PREDICTIONS; LOWER TEMPERATURES; MAJOR FACTORS; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE; MODEL PREDICTION; MODULE PACKAGES; MODULE TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE BARRIERS; PERMEABILITY BARRIERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; REAL-WORLD; SOLAR; SOLAR MODULE; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES; TIME-DEPENDENT; TOP CONTACT; WATER SOLUBILITIES; WINDOW LAYER;

DEGRADATION; MODELS; PACKAGING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILMS; TIN OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE;

KINETICS;

EID: 84874232882     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1171     Document Type: Article

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