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posted on 2019-06-20, 09:04 authored by Ashenafi Gebregiorgis, Thomas R. BettsThis research work focusses on a type of indoor
accelerated stress test (AST) which is an
extension of the damp-heat (DH) test proposed
by the international electrotechnical
commission in IEC-61215-2, to reproduce the
field failures by applying environmental
stresses (temperature (T), relative humidity
(RH)) to photovoltaic (PV) mini-modules as well
as to compare whether the calculated activation
energy associated with such degradation
modes is consistent with the range of values
reported in literature. In addition, the effect of
curing time during PV module lamination on the
durability of the PV-modules will be evaluated
for crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV mini-modules
produced from the same materials.
Funding
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 721452.
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- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
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Photovoltaic Science, Applications and TechnologyCitation
GEBREGIORGIS, A.W. and BETTS, T.R., 2019. Degradation of power output of photovoltaic modules due to accelerated ageing. IN: Hutchins, M. Crook, R. and Cole, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 15th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference (PVSAT-15), Scarman Conference Centre, University of Warwick, 10th - 12th April,Publisher
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