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Delamination-And Electromigration-Related Failures In Solar Panels—A Review, Abdulwahab A. Q. Hasan, Ammar Ahmed Alkahtani, Seyed Ahmad Shahahmadi, Mohammad N. E. Alam, Mohammad Aminul Islam, Nowshad Amin

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

The reliability of photovoltaic (PV) modules operating under various weather conditions attracts the manufacturer’s concern since several studies reveal a degradation rate higher than 0.8% per year for the silicon-based technology and reached up to 2.76% per year in a harsh climate. The lifetime of the PV modules is decreased because of numerous degradation modes. Electromigration and delamination are two failure modes that play a significant role in PV modules’ output power losses. The correlations of these two phenomena are not sufficiently explained and understood like other failures such as corrosion and potential-induced degradation. Therefore, in this review, we attempt …