@misc{2ebaa1fbcd264f7591fd34076f605736,
title = "Processing and Device Oriented Approach to CIGS Module Reliability",
abstract = "Abstract: A device level understanding of thin film module reliability has been lacking. We propose that device performance and stability issues are strongly coupled and simultaneous attention to both is necessary. Commonly discussed technical issues such as light soaking, metastability, reverse bias breakdown and junction breakdown can be understood by comparing the behaviors of cells made inAbstract: A device level understanding of thin film module reliability has been lacking. We propose that device performance and stability issues are strongly coupled and simultaneous attention to both is necessary. Commonly discussed technical issues such as light soaking, metastability, reverse bias breakdown and junction breakdown can be understood by comparing the behaviors of cells made in the laboratory and industry. It will then be possible to attribute the observed effects in terms of processing and cell design. Process connection to stability studies can help identify root causes and a path for mitigating the degradation.",
keywords = "device physics, photovoltaics (PV), processing, reliability, thin films",
author = "Kannan Ramanathan and Lorelle Mansfield and Christopher Deline and Timothy Silverman and Rebekah Garris",
year = "2015",
language = "American English",
series = "Presented at the 2015 NREL PV Photovoltaic Module Reliability Workshop, 24-27 February 2015, Golden, Colorado",
type = "Other",
}