Photovoltaics module reliability for the terawatt age

DC Jordan, N Haegel, TM Barnes - Progress in Energy, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Photovoltaics (PV), or solar electricity generation, has become the cheapest form of energy
in many locations worldwide and, combined with energy storage, has the potential to satisfy …

The 2020 photovoltaic technologies roadmap

GM Wilson, M Al-Jassim, WK Metzger… - Journal of Physics D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the past decade, the global cumulative installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity has grown
exponentially, reaching 591 GW in 2019. Rapid progress was driven in large part by …

Device physics underlying silicon heterojunction and passivating‐contact solar cells: A topical review

RVK Chavali, S De Wolf… - Progress in Photovoltaics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The device physics of commercially dominant diffused‐junction silicon solar cells is well
understood, allowing sophisticated optimization of this class of devices. Recently, so‐called …

UV‐induced degradation of high‐efficiency silicon PV modules with different cell architectures

A Sinha, J Qian, SL Moffitt, K Hurst… - Progress in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Degradation from ultraviolet (UV) radiation has become prevalent in the front of solar cells
due to the introduction of UV‐transmitting encapsulants in photovoltaic (PV) module …

Suns-Vmp method for health monitoring of 110 PV modules

SP Aly, K Chapaneri, JJ John, G Mathiak… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
One can monitor the health of the PV modules by analyzing their current-voltage (I–V)
curves, which rarely are measured in commercial settings. Fortunately, nearly all PV …

Influence of light soaking on silicon heterojunction solar cells with various architectures

J Cattin, LL Senaud, J Haschke… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we investigate the effect of prolonged light exposure on silicon heterojunction
solar cells. We show that, although light exposure systematically improves solar cell …

Long‐term performance and reliability of silicon heterojunction solar modules

O Arriaga Arruti, A Virtuani… - Progress in Photovoltaics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The high‐efficiency silicon heterojunction (SHJ) technology is now perceived mature
enough to enter the Giga‐Watt manufacturing scale with several players around the globe …

A review of next generation bifacial solar farms: predictive modeling of energy yield, economics, and reliability

MR Khan, MT Patel, R Asadpour, H Imran… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Photovoltaic (PV) cell technology has made great progress over the past few decades,
bringing the PV energy cost down to a point where it is competitive to conventional electricity …

Real‐time monitoring and diagnosis of photovoltaic system degradation only using maximum power point—the Suns‐Vmp method

X Sun, RVK Chavali, MA Alam - Progress in Photovoltaics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The uncertainties associated with technology‐specific and geography‐specific degradation
rates make it difficult to calculate the levelized cost of energy, and thus the economic viability …

Analysis of the long-term performance degradation of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules in tropical climates

W Luo, YS Khoo, P Hacke, D Jordan… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The long-term performance degradation of five different types of commercial crystalline
silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic (PV) modules (one sample for each type) in the tropics, or more …