Compendium of photovoltaic degradation rates

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 978-989

  Jordan, Dirk C ^a   Kurtz, Sarah R ^a   VanSant, Kaitlyn ^b   Newmiller, Jeff ^c  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^c DNV GL   (Norway)

Author keywords

degradation rates; non linearity; outdoor testing; performance; photovoltaic ageing; photovoltaic modules; photovoltaic systems

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPYRIGHTS; DEGRADATION; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; LIFE CYCLE; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; NAMEPLATES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

DEGRADATION RATE; NON-LINEARITY; OUTDOOR TESTING; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84958280841     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2744     Document Type: Article

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