A case study on accelerated light‐ and elevated temperature‐induced degradation testing of commercial multi‐crystalline silicon passivated emitter and rear cell modules (original) (raw)

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 2021

Abstract

Light‐ and elevated temperature‐induced degradation (LeTID) can have significant and long‐lasting effects on silicon photovoltaic modules. Its behaviour is complex, showing highly variable degradation under different conditions or due to minor changes in device fabrication. Here, we show the large difference in LeTID kinetics and extents in multi‐crystalline passivated emitter and rear cell (multi‐PERC) modules from four different manufacturers. Varied accelerated testing conditions are found to impact the maximum extent of degradation in different ways for different manufacturers complicating the ability to develop a universal predictive model for field degradation. Relative changes in the open‐circuit voltage (VOC) have previously been used to assess extents of LeTID; however, due to the greater impact of the defect at lower injection, the VOC is shown to degrade less than half as much as the voltage at maximum power point (VMPP). The MPP current (IMPP) and fill factor (FF) also d...

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