Outdoor stability performance of CIS and CdTe photovoltaic modules at SERI

Author

Mrig, Laxmi ; Rummel, Steve

Author_Institution

Solar Energy Res. Inst., Golden, CO, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

21-25 May 1990

Firstpage

1038

Abstract

The Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) has been conducting tests to study the outdoor stability performance of currently leading polycrystalline thin-film technologies of copper indium diselenide (CIS) and cadmium telluride (CdTe) modules and submodules. Stability performance results from tests conducted at SERI on CIS and CdTe thin film material prototype modules and submodules over a period of more than one year are discussed. From the test data, it appears that the stability characteristics of CIS modules exhibit little or no degradation over the initial testing period at SERI. One CdTe submodule exhibited no change in performance over the test duration. Despite promising results, there appears to be some need to improve the encapsulation system on these polycrystalline thin film materials to ensure full 30 year reliability

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; copper compounds; indium compounds; reliability; semiconductor device testing; solar cell arrays; solar cells; stability; ternary semiconductors; 30 yrs; CdTe; CuInSe₂; USA; encapsulation; reliability; semiconductor device testing; solar cell arrays; stability performance; thin film; Computational Intelligence Society; Copper; Indium; Lead compounds; Photovoltaic systems; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Stability; Testing; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1990., Conference Record of the Twenty First IEEE

Conference_Location

Kissimmee, FL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1990.111775

Filename

111775