Thin-Film Reliability Trends Toward Improved Stability: Preprint
Abstract
Long-term, stable performance of photovoltaic (PV) modules will be increasingly important to their successful penetration of the power grid. This paper summarizes more than 150 thin-film and more than 1700 silicon PV degradation rates (Rd) quoted in publications for locations worldwide. Partitioning the literature results by technology and date of installation statistical analysis shows animprovement in degradation rate especially for thin-film technologies in the last decade. A CIGS array deployed at NREL for more than 5 years that appears to be stable supports the literature trends. Indoor and outdoor data indicate undetectable change in performance (0.2+/-0.2 %/yr). One module shows signs of slight degradation from what appears to be an initial manufacturing defect, however ithas not affected the overall system performance.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1022406
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5200-50726
TRN: US201117%%840
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at the 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 37), 19-24 June 2011, Seattle, Washington
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; INDOORS; MANUFACTURING; OUTDOORS; PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; SILICON; STABILITY; THIN FILMS; thin films; reliability; PV; modules; module reliability
Citation Formats
Jordan, D C, and Kurtz, S R. Thin-Film Reliability Trends Toward Improved Stability: Preprint. United States: N. p., 2011.
Web. doi:10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186081.
Jordan, D C, & Kurtz, S R. Thin-Film Reliability Trends Toward Improved Stability: Preprint. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186081
Jordan, D C, and Kurtz, S R. 2011.
"Thin-Film Reliability Trends Toward Improved Stability: Preprint". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186081. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1022406.
@article{osti_1022406,
title = {Thin-Film Reliability Trends Toward Improved Stability: Preprint},
author = {Jordan, D C and Kurtz, S R},
abstractNote = {Long-term, stable performance of photovoltaic (PV) modules will be increasingly important to their successful penetration of the power grid. This paper summarizes more than 150 thin-film and more than 1700 silicon PV degradation rates (Rd) quoted in publications for locations worldwide. Partitioning the literature results by technology and date of installation statistical analysis shows animprovement in degradation rate especially for thin-film technologies in the last decade. A CIGS array deployed at NREL for more than 5 years that appears to be stable supports the literature trends. Indoor and outdoor data indicate undetectable change in performance (0.2+/-0.2 %/yr). One module shows signs of slight degradation from what appears to be an initial manufacturing defect, however ithas not affected the overall system performance.},
doi = {10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186081},
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year = {Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
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