In-situ monitoring of the accelerated performance degradation of thin film solar cells

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In-situ monitoring of the accelerated performance degradation of thin film solar cells

Conference Paper (2015)

Author(s)

Mirjam Theelen (TNO)

Henk Steijvers (TNO)

Nicolas Barreau (Université de Nantes)

Marie Buffière (IMEC-Solliance)

Guy Brammertz (IMEC IMOMEC Solliance)

Marco Giacomo Flammini (TNO)

Robert Jan van Vugt (Eternal Sun B.V.)

Z. Vroon (TNO)

Miro Zeman (TU Delft - Electrical Sustainable Energy)

Illumination Solar cells CIGS Damp heat Temperature dependency Degradation Humidity CZTS

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https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355639 Final published version

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Publication Year

2015

Language

English

Article number

7355639

Pages (from-to)

1-6

Publisher

IEEE

ISBN (electronic)

978-1-4799-7944-8

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Abstract

A 'hybrid' degradation setup, which allows the use of humidity, temperature and illumination as loads in order to accelerate degradation of solar cells and modules, has been designed and constructed. In this setup, the current voltage output of photovoltaic samples is automatically logged and the electrical parameters are calculated. This allows the study of the impact of illumination and damp heat induced degradation by in-situ monitoring. Additionally, this setup also allows the determination of temperature dependency of solar cells by a simple procedure.