Visual degradation in field-aged crystalline silicon PV modules in India and correlation with electrical degradation

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1470-1476

  Chattopadhyay, Shashwata ^a   Dubey, Rajiv ^a   Kuthanazhi, Vivek ^a   John, Jim Joseph ^a   Solanki, Chetan Singh ^b   Kottantharayil, Anil ^a   Arora, Brij Mohan ^a   Narasimhan, K L ^a   Kuber, Vaman ^a   Vasi, Juzer ^a   Kumar, Arun ^b   Sastry, O S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b Ministry of New and Renewable Energy   (India)

Author keywords

Aging; degradation; photovoltaic modules; silicon

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; SILICON;

CRYSTALLINE SILICON PV MODULES; ELECTRICAL DEGRADATION; IN-FIELD; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; VISUAL DEGRADATIONS;

AGING OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84908236903     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2356717     Document Type: Article

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