학술논문

Evaluation of cell to module losses for n-type IBC solar cells assembled with state of the art consumables and production equipment
Document Type
Conference
Source
2013 IEEE 39th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2013 IEEE 39th. :2368-2372 Jun, 2013
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Optical losses
Conductive adhesives
Soldering
Photovoltaic cells
Silver
Loss measurement
Meteorology
IBC cell
conductive adhesive
encapsulant
CTM loss
PID test
surface polarization
TC200
TC 400
Language
ISSN
0160-8371
Abstract
In this paper we present an investigation on different aspects of the module assembly for back contacted n-type solar cells; in our case implemented on ISC's “Zebra” IBC cell. With all contacts on the rear, new possibilities and challenges arise. The study is conducted on one cell mini-modules, “rear half”- and “front half”- mini-modules. It is aiming to minimize the overall cell to module (CTM) loss and to maximize module robustness against climate chamber tests. Electrical losses are evaluated using different interconnection schemes whereby optical losses are studied by utilizing novel encapsulant layers; long term stability is probed with climate chamber testing (TC200/400), PID and surface polarization tests.