Accelerated testing and failure of thin‐film PV modules

By T. J. McMahon. 2004

138 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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In Electrical and Electronic Engineering

1. F. C. Krebs
2. M. Jørgensen
3. Suren A. Gevorgyan
4. O. Inganäs
5. A. Urbina
6. M. Lira-Cantú
7. Fengling Zhang
8. E. Bundgaard

In Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

1. F. C. Krebs
2. D. Ginley

Citations in the corpus

• Consensus stability testing protocols for organic photovoltaic materials and devices (2011, background): “Thin-film technologies like a-Si, CdTe, and CIGS have reported problems with electrochemical corrosion of SnO2:F or notable sensitivity of the ZnO-based transparent conducting oxide to moisture, as well as shunt hot spots at scribe lines and weak diodes/hot spots due to non-uniformities in processin”
• Evaluation of high‐temperature exposure of photovoltaic modules (2011, background): “McMahon [6] documented how to calculate the acceleration factor for accelerated thermal testing if the temperature dependence of the aging is quantified.”
• History of accelerated and qualification testing of terrestrial photovoltaic modules: A literature review (2009, unknown): “A 2004 review by McMahon discussed the stresses imposed by individual tests on thin-film modules, and diagnostic methods that can be used to detect failures.(156) Failure modes and mechanisms of many thin-film module types were reviewed with causes listed such as cells separating from module interco”