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Title: 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.

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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.
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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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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
month = {Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011}
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