Designing New Materials for Photovoltaics: Opportunities for Lowering Cost and Increasing Performance through Advanced Material Innovations
- Polymer Competence Center Leoben (PCCL) (Austria)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology (OFI), Vienna (Austria)
- Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Vienna (Austria)
- Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)
- European Energy, Copenhagen (Denmark)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg (Germany)
- Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba (Japan)
- Turku University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
Within the framework of IEA PVPS, Task 13 aims to provide support to market actors working to improve the operation, the reliability and the quality of PV components and systems. Operational data from PV systems in different climate zones compiled within the project will help provide the basis for estimates of the current situation regarding PV reliability and performance. The general setting of Task 13 provides a common platform to summarize and report on technical aspects affecting the quality, performance, reliability and lifetime of PV systems in a wide variety of environments and applications. By working together across national boundaries we can all take advantage of research and experience from each member country and combine and integrate this knowledge into valuable summaries of best practices and methods for ensuring PV systems perform at their optimum and continue to provide competitive return on investment. Task 13 has so far managed to create the right framework for the calculations of various parameters that can give an indication of the quality of PV components and systems. The framework is now there and can be used by the industry who has expressed appreciation towards the results included in the high-quality reports. The IEA PVPS countries participating in Task 13 are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, and the United States of America.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Polymer Competence Center Leoben (PCCL) (Austria); Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology (OFI), Vienna (Austria); Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Vienna (Austria); Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States); European Energy, Copenhagen (Denmark); Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg (Germany); Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba (Japan); Turku University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG); Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP); German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi); New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO); Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525; 876737; 64018-0081; 0324304B: 0324304C; 15100576-0; SI/501788-01; EE0008748; EE0008550; AC36-08GO28308; EE00034357; EE0009013
- OSTI ID:
- 1779380
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2021-4837R; 695676
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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