Effects of light illumination during damp/dry heat tests on a flexible thin film photovoltaic module

Keiichiro Sakurai; Akihiro Takano; Masayoshi Takani; Atsushi Masuda

doi:10.1117/12.2187891

23 September 2015 Effects of light illumination during damp/dry heat tests on a flexible thin film photovoltaic module

Keiichiro Sakurai, Akihiro Takano, Masayoshi Takani, Atsushi Masuda

Proceedings Volume 9563, Reliability of Photovoltaic Cells, Modules, Components, and Systems VIII; 956307 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2187891
Event: SPIE Optics + Photonics for Sustainable Energy, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Current injected damp heat (CDH) test have been reported to accelerate certain type of long-term degradation observed in at least one prototype flexible thin film silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules deployed in field [1]. This report have raised a question that whether conventional DH tests should be combined with current injection or light illumination to better reproduce long-time degradations of flexible thin film modules. To answer this question, we have been testing multiple flexible products available in the market, as part of the activities of Japanese Task Group 8 of the International PV Quality Assurance Task Force (PVQAT) [2]. Here, we present some results of our damp (or dry) heat testing with light illumination on a flexible CIGS module product with relatively poor moisture barriers.

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Keiichiro Sakurai, Akihiro Takano, Masayoshi Takani, and Atsushi Masuda "Effects of light illumination during damp/dry heat tests on a flexible thin film photovoltaic module", Proc. SPIE 9563, Reliability of Photovoltaic Cells, Modules, Components, and Systems VIII, 956307 (23 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2187891

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