Examination of lifetime-limiting failure mechanisms in CIGSS-based PV minimodules under environmental stress

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Feist, Rebekah ^a   Rozeveld, Steve ^a   Mushrush, Melissa ^a   Haley, Robert ^a   Lemon, Buford ^a   Gerbi, Jennifer ^a   Nichols, Beth ^a   Nilsson, Robert ^a   Richardson, Timm ^a   Sprague, Scott ^a   Tesch, Randy ^a   Torka, Shari ^a   Wood, Charlie ^a   Wu, Shaofu ^a   Yeung, Simon ^a   Bernius, Mark T ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC/AEROBIC; ANALYTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FAILURE MECHANISM; FILM RESISTIVITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHELL SOLAR INDUSTRIES;

BOROSILICATE GLASS; DEGRADATION; SURFACE ANALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84879724351     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922579     Document Type: Conference Paper

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