Review of technology specific degradation in crystalline silicon, cadmium telluride, copper indium gallium selenide, dye sensitised, organic and perovskite solar cells …

J Kettle, M Aghaei, S Ahmad… - Progress in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A comprehensive understanding of failure modes of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules is key
to extending their operational lifetime in the field. In this review, first, specific failure modes …

Potential induced degradation of CIGS PV systems: A literature review

P Yilmaz, J Schmitz, M Theelen - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review paper presents an overview of studies of Potential Induced Degradation (PID) in
copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) photovoltaics. It reviews the observations reported …

Potential-induced degradation in perovskite/silicon tandem photovoltaic modules

L Xu, J Liu, W Luo, N Wehbe, A Seitkhan… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2022 - cell.com
Despite great progress in perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells' device performance, their
susceptibility to potential-induced degradation (PID) remains unexplored. In this study, we …

Revani diffusion model in Cu (In, Ga) Se 2

D Colombara, BJ Stanbery, G Sozzi - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The commercial attractiveness of Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGS) photovoltaics is still curtailed
by the R&D gap that separates it from silicon. Overcoming the gap requires the pursuit of …

[HTML][HTML] Light induced degradation of CIGS solar cells

TS Vaas, BE Pieters, D Roosen-Melsen… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Considering warranted lifetimes of PV modules of typically 20-30 years, the performance
stability of PV modules is one of the most crucial factors regarding power generation and …

Electrochemical degradation modes in bifacial silicon photovoltaic modules

DB Sulas‐Kern, M Owen‐Bellini… - Progress in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Motivated by the rapidly rising deployment of bifacial monocrystalline‐silicon photovoltaics
(PV), we investigate the durability of various PV module packaging configurations with …

Photovoltaic module failures after 10 years of operation in the tropics

W Luo, CE Clement, YS Khoo, Y Wang, AM Khaing… - Renewable energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a case study of photovoltaic (PV) module failures after over 10 years of
operation in the tropical climate of Singapore. Three types of modules (two samples from …

Potential-Induced Degradation of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells: Alkali Metal Drift and Diffusion Effects

CP Muzzillo, S Glynn, P Hacke… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Potential-induced degradation (PID) of photovoltaic modules is due to transport of alkali
metal ions (Na+) from the soda-lime glass (SLG) into the semiconductors. For the most …

Using Electron Microscopy to Explore Solar Cell Interfaces: Microstructures, Efficiency, and Stability

J Wang, J Hou, P Ma, X Zhang, K Zheng - ACS Energy Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Solar cell interfaces, including grain boundaries, twin boundaries, stacking faults, and phase
boundaries, are the main nonradiative recombination and degradation sites and affect the …

Post‐mortem analysis of a commercial Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide (CIGS) photovoltaic module after potential induced degradation

P Yilmaz, R Aninat, GO Cruz, T Weber… - Progress in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An extensive post‐mortem analysis was conducted on a commercial copper‐(indium‐
gallium)‐diselenide (CIGS) photovoltaic module that degraded after exposure to the high …