Progress in the understanding of light‐and elevated temperature‐induced degradation in silicon solar cells: a review

D Chen, M Vaqueiro Contreras, A Ciesla… - Progress in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
At present, the commercially dominant and rapidly expanding PV‐device technology is
based on the passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) design developed at UNSW …

Glass/glass photovoltaic module reliability and degradation: a review

A Sinha, DB Sulas-Kern, M Owen-Bellini… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Glass/glass (G/G) photovoltaic (PV) module construction is quickly rising in
popularity due to increased demand for bifacial PV modules, with additional applications for …

Review of technology specific degradation in crystalline silicon, cadmium telluride, copper indium gallium selenide, dye sensitised, organic and perovskite solar cells …

J Kettle, M Aghaei, S Ahmad… - Progress in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A comprehensive understanding of failure modes of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules is key
to extending their operational lifetime in the field. In this review, first, specific failure modes …

[HTML][HTML] Interactions of hydrogen atoms with boron and gallium in silicon crystals co-doped with phosphorus and acceptors

TOA Fattah, VP Markevich, D Gomes, J Coutinho… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reports showing that hydrogen and group-III acceptors play an important role in Light-and
elevated Temperature-induced Degradation (LeTID) of Si-based solar cells highlight the …

Rapid testing on the effect of cracks on solar cells output power performance and thermal operation

M Dhimish, Y Hu - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
This work investigates the impact of cracks and fractural defects in solar cells and their
cause for output power losses and the development of hotspots. First, an …

Understanding the impact of the cooling ramp of the fast-firing process on light-and elevated-temperature-induced degradation

B Hammann, N Aßmann, J Schön, W Kwapil… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
In current silicon solar cell technologies, hydrogen is incorporated into the solar cell during
the fast-firing process. It passivates defects at the surface and in the bulk, but also leads to …

The impact of different hydrogen configurations on light-and elevated-temperature-induced degradation

B Hammann, N Assmann, PM Weiser… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, the impact of different hydrogen configurations and their evolution on the
extent and kinetics of light-and elevated-temperature-induced degradation (LeTID) is …

Influence of dopant elements on degradation phenomena in B‐and Ga‐doped Czochralski‐grown silicon

W Kwapil, J Dalke, R Post, T Niewelt - Solar RRL, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The response of lifetime samples made from boron‐and gallium‐doped Czochralski‐grown
silicon from the same producer to light‐and elevated temperature‐induced degradation …

Temporary recovery of the defect responsible for light-and elevated temperature-induced degradation: Insights into the physical mechanisms behind LeTID

W Kwapil, J Schön, T Niewelt… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The effect of light-and elevated temperature-induced degradation (LeTID) can be
nonpermanently reversed by charge carrier injection below the degradation temperature …

Formation Dynamics of BH and GaH‐Pairs in Crystalline Silicon During Dark Annealing

Y Acker, J Simon, A Herguth - physica status solidi (a), 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In crystalline silicon, atomic hydrogen released from hydrogen dimers forms acceptor–
hydrogen pairs during annealing in the dark at elevated temperatures. In this study, the …