論文

査読有り
2016年11月18日

Potential-induced degradation behavior of n-type single-crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules with a rear-side emitter

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
  • Seira Yamaguchi
  • ,
  • Atsushi Masuda
  • ,
  • Keisuke Ohdaira

2016-
開始ページ
938
終了ページ
942
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス)
DOI
10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749748
出版者・発行元
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

This paper deals with the behavior of the potential-induced degradation (PID) of n-type single-crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules with a rear-side emitter. The n-type rear-emitter modules were fabricated by encapsulating n-type bifacial solar cells with the p+-emitter side down. The modules show degradation mainly characterized by decreases in the open-circuit voltage (Voc) and the fill factor (FF), under negative bias. The degradation is saturated within 1 h, and normalized Voc decreases to approximately 0.96. Their dark current density-voltage (J-V) data and external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) indicate that the drop in Voc is caused by an increase in the saturation current density due to the enhanced surface recombination of minority carriers. The degree of the degradation of PV performance is not, however, considerably severe in the n-type rear-emitter c-Si PV modules, and they are relatively resistant to PID compared to other types of PV modules. This may become an advantage of the n-type rear-emitter c-Si PV modules particularly for the usage in very large-scale PV systems.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749748
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749748
  • ISSN : 0160-8371
  • SCOPUS ID : 85003544966

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