Life prediction for CIGS solar modules part 1: Modeling moisture ingress and degradation

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-172

  Coyle, Dennis J ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION FACTORS; CELL DEGRADATIONS; CIGS; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; DAMP HEAT; DEGRADATION MODEL; DEGRADATION RATE; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; DIFFUSION OF WATER; DIFFUSION-CONTROLLED REGIME; ENCAPSULANTS; LIFE PREDICTIONS; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE; MODULE DEGRADATION; MODULE PACKAGES; MODULE TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE BARRIERS; MOISTURE INGRESS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR; SOLAR MODULE; SQUARE ROOTS; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TIME CONSTANTS; TIME-DEPENDENT;

DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; MODELS; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILMS;

MOISTURE;

EID: 84874260242     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1172     Document Type: Article

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