Sodium outdiffusion from stacking faults as root cause for the recovery process of potential-induced degradation (PID)

D Lausch, V Naumann, A Graff, A Hähnel… - Energy Procedia, 2014 - Elsevier
Potential-induced degradation (PID) is currently one of the most important and prominent
module degradation mechanisms leading to significant yield losses. It was shown that Na …

Degradation and fault diagnosis of photovoltaic cells using impedance spectroscopy

N Katayama, S Osawa, S Matsumoto, T Nakano… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Impedance spectroscopy is widely employed to evaluate electrochemical devices, and our
group has been proposing its use as a novel diagnosis tool for photovoltaic modules. In this …

Potential induced degradation of N-type bifacial silicon solar cells: An investigation based on electrical and optical measurements

M Barbato, A Barbato, M Meneghini… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reports an extensive analysis of the potential-induced degradation (PID) of N-
type bifacial solar cells. The analysis is based on combined electrical characterization …

Standardized applications of electroluminescence imaging for efficient investigation of potential-induced degradation shunting in crystalline silicon photovoltaic …

VE Puranik, R Gupta - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Potential-induced degradation shunting (PID-s) detrimentally impacts a photovoltaic (PV)
module's performance and lifetime. Hence, early PID-s investigation in a field and precise …

Performance degradation assessment of the three silicon PV technologies

M Adar, Y Najih, A Chebak, M Mabrouki… - Progress in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates seasonal performance and assesses the annual degradation rates
(RD), of three types of silicon‐based PV module technologies, using four statistical methods …

A comparative investigation on in-situ and laboratory standard test of the potential induced degradation of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules

MA Islam, M Hasanuzzaman, N Abd Rahim - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Potential induced degradation (PID) is one of the genuinely critical concerns of a
sustainable power generation from a PV system. Generally, the PID behavior of a PV …

Novel quantitative electroluminescence method for detailed performance analysis of PID-s affected crystalline silicon PV module

VE Puranik, R Gupta - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Potential induced degradation shunting (PID-s) is a rapid degradation mode, which severely
affects the performance and lifetime of a photovoltaic (PV) module. Electroluminescence …

Experimental investigation of potential induced degradation of poly-crystalline photovoltaic modules: Influence of superstrate and encapsulant types

Q Jamil, N Shahzad, HA Khalid, S Iqbal… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Potential induced degradation (PID) is amongst the most critical degradation phenomena
affecting reliability of PV modules by causing power losses. In this research, PID was …

Electrical and temperature behavior of the forward DC resistance with potential induced degradation of the shunting type in crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and …

M Florides, G Makrides… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Potential-induced degradation (PID) is an unsolved and major power degradation
mechanism that affects photovoltaic (PV) cells, and the tendency to increase the operating …

Degradation processes in photovoltaic cells

TJ Peshek, JS Fada, IT Martin - Durability and Reliability of Polymers and …, 2019 - Elsevier
We provide a review of the degradation modes and their underlying mechanisms that most
commonly afflict commercial silicon solar cells. These modes are commonly referred to as …