TY - GEN
T1 - Hygrothermal and thermal cyclic stresses on thin-film Si photovoltaic modules
AU - Masuda, Atsushi
AU - Uchiyama, Naomi
AU - Yamamoto, Chizuko
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was in part supported by the “Consortium Study on Fabrication and Characterization of Solar Cell Modules with Long Life and High Reliability” at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and also by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization.
PY - 2017/8/8
Y1 - 2017/8/8
N2 - Degradation behavior of thin-film Si photovoltaic modules by hygrothermal and thermal cyclic stresses was studied. Degradation progresses along the scribe lines for integration and from the slit on back sheet for taking out interconnector ribbons. Not only acetic acid generated by hydrolysis reaction between ethylene-vinyl acetate encapsulant and penetrating water vapor but also water vapor itself is the origin of degradation. It is important that high-barrier ability back sheet with low water-vapor transmission rate is employed and also important how suppress the water-vapor ingress from the slit on the back sheet. On the other hand, thin-film Si photovoltaic modules show high tolerance to thermal cyclic stress since only a few interconnector ribbons are employed.
AB - Degradation behavior of thin-film Si photovoltaic modules by hygrothermal and thermal cyclic stresses was studied. Degradation progresses along the scribe lines for integration and from the slit on back sheet for taking out interconnector ribbons. Not only acetic acid generated by hydrolysis reaction between ethylene-vinyl acetate encapsulant and penetrating water vapor but also water vapor itself is the origin of degradation. It is important that high-barrier ability back sheet with low water-vapor transmission rate is employed and also important how suppress the water-vapor ingress from the slit on the back sheet. On the other hand, thin-film Si photovoltaic modules show high tolerance to thermal cyclic stress since only a few interconnector ribbons are employed.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85034421856
T3 - AM-FPD 2017 - 24th International Workshop on Active-Matrix Flatpanel Displays and Devices: TFT Technologies and FPD Materials, Proceedings
SP - 98
EP - 99
BT - AM-FPD 2017 - 24th International Workshop on Active-Matrix Flatpanel Displays and Devices
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 24th International Workshop on Active-Matrix Flatpanel Displays and Devices, AM-FPD 2017
Y2 - 4 July 2017 through 7 July 2017
ER -