Stability of CIS/CIGS modules at the outdoor test facility over two decades

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Del Cueto, J A ^a   Rummel, S ^a   Kroposki, B ^a   Osterwald, C ^a   Anderberg, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER INDIUM DISELENIDE; CURRENT-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; LONG TERM STABILITY; OUTDOOR TEST FACILITIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; REAL TIME MONITORING; SERIES RESISTANCES; STANDARD TEST CONDITION (STC);

DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

TEST FACILITIES;

EID: 84879737143     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922772     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

1. I Repins, M A Contreras, B Egass C DeHart, J Scharf, C L Perkins, B To, R Noufi, "19. 9%-efficient ZnO/CdS/CulnGaSe2 Solar Cell with 81. 2% Fill Factor, " Prog. in PV: Res. & Appl. 16, 2008, pp. 235-239.
2. C Deibel, V Dyakonov, J Parisi, J Palm, S Zweigart, F Karg, "Influence of damp heat testing on the electrical characteristics of Cu(ln, Ga)(S, Se)2 solar cells, " Thin Solid Films, 403-404, 2002, pp. 325-330
3. M Schmidt, D Braunger, R Schaffier, H W Schock, U Rau, "Influence of damp heat on the electrical properties of Cu(ln, Ga)Se2 solar cells, " Thin Solid Films 361-362, 2000, 283-287
4. G A Medvedkin, E I Terukov, Y Hasegawa, K Hirose, K Sato, "Microdefects and point defects optically detected in Cu(ln, Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells exposed to damp and heating, " Sol. Ener. Mats & Sol. Cells 75, 2003, pp. 127-133.
5. J Wennerberg, J Kessler, M Bodegard, L Stolt, "Damp Heat Testing of High Performance CIGS Thin Film Solar Cells, " Proc. 2nd WCPEC (1998), Vienna, pp. 1161-1164.
6. J A del Cueto, "Review of the Field Performance of One Cadmium Telluride Module, " Prog. In PV: Res. & Appl., 6, 1998, pp. 433-446.
7. C M Whitaker, T U Townsend, "Application and Vali-dation of a New PV Performance Characterization-Method, " Proc. 26th IEEE PVSC, 1997, p. 1253-1256.
8. Hegedus SS, Shafarman WN. Thin-Film Solar Cells: Device Measurements and Analysis. Progress in PV: Res. & Appl. 12: 2004; pp. 155-176.