Photothermal stability of encapsulated silicon solar cells and encapsulation materials upon accelerated exposures - II

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 1491-1494

  Pern, F J ^a   Glick, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOROSILICATE GLASS; EFFICIENCY; ETHYLENE; LIGHT REFLECTION; SOLAR CELLS; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS;

ACCELERATED EXPOSURE; CELL EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOTHERMAL STABILITY; SUPERSTRATES; YELLOWNESS INDICES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84949568929     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2000.916176     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. F.J. Pern and S.H. Glick, "Photothermal Stability of Encapsulated Si Solar Cells and Encapsulation Materials upon Accelerated Exposures, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 61 (2000) 153-188.
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3. F. J. Pern, "Accelerated Weathering Test (AWT) Protocol for PV Module Encapsulation Materials and Encapsulated Solar Cells," internal task report, 1998, at NREL.
4. th NCPV Program Review Meeting, April, 2000, Denver, CO. (in press).
5. A.W. Czandema and F.J. Pern, "Encapsulation of PV Modules using Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymer as a Portant: A Critical Review," Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 43 (1996) 101-183.