Considerations for low cost, reliable, and durable packaging for flexible PV modules

Neelkanth G. Dhere

doi:10.1117/12.862789

30 August 2010 Considerations for low cost, reliable, and durable packaging for flexible PV modules

Neelkanth G. Dhere

Proceedings Volume 7773, Reliability of Photovoltaic Cells, Modules, Components, and Systems III; 777302 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.862789
Event: SPIE Solar Energy + Technology, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Flexible packages provide several advantages of lightweight, ease of storage, and deployment, and possibility of using roll-to-roll coating in the manufacture. Of the flexible cells that can be used in flexible packages, organic solar cells are very vulnerable to degradation under exposure to humidity, oxygen and other atmospheric gases, and CIGS and CdTe are somewhat vulnerable. CIGS cell vulnerability to moisture and other atmospheric gases is being reduced by chemical treatment. Multiple pairs of organic/inorganic layers termed dyad's that are being developed for providing protection to considerably more vulnerable organic light emitting diodes are being tested successfully with CIGS flexible modules. Multiple layers of extremely dense coatings prepared by atomic layer deposition that are being developed for providing protection to organic light emitting diodes are also being tried with CIGS cells. It would be essential to reduce the overall cost of individual or combined schemes for achieving economic viability.

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Neelkanth G. Dhere "Considerations for low cost, reliable, and durable packaging for flexible PV modules", Proc. SPIE 7773, Reliability of Photovoltaic Cells, Modules, Components, and Systems III, 777302 (30 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.862789

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