Progress Toward a Stabilization and Preconditioning Protocol for Polycrystalline Thin-Film Photovoltaic Modules
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) and copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules can exhibit substantial variation in measured performance depending on prior exposure history. This study examines the metastable performance changes in these PV modules with the goal of establishing standard preconditioning or stabilization exposure procedures to mitigate measured variationsprior to current-voltage (IV) measurements.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 988107
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-520-47748; TRN: US201018%%250
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC '10), 20-25 June 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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