A full overview of international standards assessing the long-term stability of perovskite solar cells

P Holzhey, M Saliba - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently organic–inorganic perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have emerged as promising
candidates for photovoltaics because of their relatively high efficiency and low processing …

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 …

Native Defect Engineering in CuInTe2

JM Adamczyk, LC Gomes, J Qu, GA Rome… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ternary diamond-like semiconductors, such as CuInTe2, are known to exhibit promising p-
type thermoelectric performance. However, the interplay between growth conditions, native …

Hot-spot generation model using electrical and thermal equivalent circuits for a copper indium gallium selenide photovoltaic module

Y Kim, M Shin, M Lee, Y Kang - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Hot-spot generation is critical to the reliability and performance of copper indium gallium
selenide (CIGS) solar cells; however, its occurrence mechanism has not been fully …

Impact of buffer layer process and Na on shunt paths of monolithic series-connected CIGSSe thin film solar cells

C Bin Mo, SJ Park, S Bae, M Lim, J Nam, D Kim… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The illuminated current-voltage characteristics of Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGSSe) thin film
solar cells fabricated using two different buffer layer processes: chemical bath deposition …

The Result of Successive Exposure to Reverse and Forward Bias on the Electrophysical Characteristics of ZnO:Al/i-ZnO/CdS/CuIn1 –xGax(S, Se)2/Mo Structure …

AG Komilov, BE Egamberdiev, R Kabulov… - Applied Solar …, 2022 - Springer
The article presents the results of studies on the effect of forward bias on the parameters of
solar cells with the ZnO: Al/i-ZnO/CdS/CuIn1–x Ga x (S, Se) 2/Mo structure, which were …

Propagation mechanism of reverse bias induced defects in Cu (In, Ga) Se2 solar cells

K Bakker, HN Åhman, T Burgers, N Barreau… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Partial shading of monolithically interconnected Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGSe) modules can lead
to the formation of reverse bias induced defects. These localized defects permanently …

Reliability implications of partial shading on CIGS photovoltaic devices: A literature review

K Bakker, A Weeber, M Theelen - Journal of Materials Research, 2019 - cambridge.org
Partial shading of Cu (In, Ga)(Se, S) 2 (CIGS) photovoltaic (PV) modules is getting more
attention, as is witnessed by the increase in publications on this topic in recent years. This …

A directional-spectral approach to estimate temperature of outdoor PV panels

RAM Ferreira, DLF Pottie, LHC Dias, BJ Cardoso Filho… - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Infrared Thermography (IRT) is a technique widely used to investigate thermal behavior of
electrical components, and a representative number of papers is dedicated to applications of …

Thin-film module reverse-bias breakdown sites identified by thermal imaging

S Johnston, D Sulas, E Palmiotti… - 2018 IEEE 7th World …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thin-film module sections are stressed under reverse bias to simulate partial shading
conditions. Such stresses can cause permanent damage in the form of” wormlike” defects …