[26a-F408-1~9] 16.3 Bulk, thin-film and other silicon-based solar cells

[26a-F408-4] Damp-heat and thermal cycling alternative test on crystalline Si photovoltaic modules without encapsulant

〇(M1)Nobuhito Imajo¹, Keisuke Ohdaira², Atsushi Masuda¹ (1.Niigata Univ., 2.JAIST)

Keywords:photovoltaic, modules, reliability

PV modules without encapsulation with high reliability and reduced cost were subjected to damp-heat and thermal-cycling alternative test. No remarkable change was observed after damp-heat test for 500 h and thermal-cycling test of 172 cycles.