PVSC PROGRAM

Sustainable PV cell and module materials and technologies

Eszter Voroshazi. Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Liten, INES, France

PV Performance and Reliability Over Time: The Impact of New Materials and Technologies

Jenya Meydbray . PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), USA

PV Grid Integration Challenges and the Need for Grid Enhancing Technologies

Babak Enayati. National Grid, USA

Demonstrating the Thermoradiative Diode: Generating Electrical Power Through Radiative Emission

Nicholas J Ekins-Daukes, Michael P Nielsen, Andreas Pusch, Muhammad H Sazzad, Phoebe M Pearce, Peter J Reece. UNSW Sydney, Kensington, *, Australia

Thermoradiative Cell Technology: Analysis and Loss Mechanisms

Geoffrey A. Landis. NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, *, USA

Evaluation of Auger Limited Behavior inThermoradiative Cells

Jamie D Phillips. University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Electric Field and its Effect on Hot Carriers in InGaAs Valley Photovoltaic Devices

Kyle R. Dorman¹, Vincent R. Whiteside¹, David K. Ferry², Tetsuya D. Mishima¹, Hamidreza Esmaielpour³, Michael B. Santos¹, Ian R. Sellers¹. ¹Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics a Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.²School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.³Walter Schottky Institut, Technische Universitat Munchen, Garching, *, Germany

Poisson drift diffusion modeling of valley photovoltaic devices

Daixi Xia¹, Hassan Allami¹, Jacob J. Krich^{1, 2}. ¹Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.²School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

CIGS degradation due to water ingress: post-mortem analysis of a field-exposed PV module

Simona Villa¹, Remi Anitat¹, Pelin Yilmaz^{1, 2}, Aldo Kingma¹, Mikolaj Dziechciarz¹, Joran van den Berg¹, Klaas Bakker¹, Mirjam Theelen¹. ¹TNO partner of Solliance, Eindhoven, *, Netherlands.²University of Twente, Enschede, *, Netherlands

Anisotropy-induced fluctuations in Cu(In, Ga)Se2

Diego Colombara. Universita degli Studi di Genova, Genova, *, Italy

On the Stability of Indium Tin Oxide with Functional Layers Back Contact Applications in Semitransparent Cu(In, Ga)Se2 Solar Cells

Robert Fonoll-Rubio¹, Marcel Placidi^{1, 2}, Torsten Hoelscher³, Angelica Thomere¹, Zacharie Jehl Li-Kao², Maxim Guc¹, Victor Izquierdo-Roca¹, Roland Scheer³, Alejandro Perez-Rodriguez^{1, 4}. ¹IREC, Sant Adria de Besos, *, Spain.²Electronic Engineering Department, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, *, Spain.³Martin-Luther-University (MLU), Halle, *, Germany.⁴Departament d'Enginyeria Electronica i Biomedica, IN2UB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, *, Spain

Investigation of CsF-Treatment Effects on Cu(In, Ga)(S, Se)2 Solar Cells using Photothermal Atomic Force Microscopy under Various Photoexcitation Conditions

Ayaka Yamada¹, Takuji Takahashi^{1, 2}. ¹Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, *, Japan.²NanoQuine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, *, Japan

Determining the decomposition voltage of Cu(In1-xGax)Se2

Klaas Bakker^{1, 4}, Joaquin Coll Matas¹, Johan Bosman¹, Nicolas Barreau², Arthur Weeber^{3, 4}, Mirjam Theelen¹. ¹TNO partner in Solliance, Eindhoven, *, Netherlands.²Universite de Nantes, Nantes, *, France.³TNO, Petten, *, Netherlands.⁴TU Delft, Delft, *, Netherlands

Gallium-Boron Spin-on co-Doping for Polycrystalline Silicon Passivating Contacts

Thien Truong¹, Matthew Young², Mowafak Al-Jassim², Daniel Macdonald¹, Hieu Nguyen¹, Josua Stuckelberger¹. ¹Australian National University, Canberra, *, Australia.²National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

Investigating the impurity gettering rate in polycrystalline-silicon based passivating contacts

Zhongshu Yang¹, Jan Krugener², Frank Feldmann³, Jana-Isabelle Polzin³, Bernd Steinhauser³, Tien T. Le¹, Daniel MacDonald¹, AnYao Liu¹. ¹School of Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, *, Australia.²Institute of Electronic Materials and Device, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, *, Germany.³Fraunhofer Institute for Solar EnergySystems ISE, Freiburg, *, Germany

Fireable passivating tunnel oxide contacts for crystalline silicon solar cell

Franz-Josef Haug, Mario Lehmann, Sofia Libraro, Ezgi Genc, Audrey Morisset, Christophe Ballif. EPFL, PV-Lab, Neuchatel, *, Switzerland

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Development of a co-anneal process for double-side TOPCon precursor fabricated by ex-situ POCl3 and APCVD boron diffusion

Wook-Jin Choi¹, Young-Woo Ok¹, Keeya Madani¹, Shubham Duttagupta², Ajeet Rohatgi¹. ¹Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.²Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, 7 Engineering Drive 1, *, Singapore

Novel Laser Oxidation for Screen-Printed Selective Area Front Poly-Silicon Contacts for TOPCon Cells

Sagnik Dasgupta¹, Young-Woo Ok¹, Vijaykumar D. Upadhyaya¹, Wook-Jin Choi¹, Ying-Yuan Huang³, Shubham Duttagupta², Ajeet Rohatgi¹. ¹Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.²Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, Singapore, *, Singapore.³National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Tainan City, *, Taiwan

Front SiON/TCO Stacks Development for Double Side Poly-Si/SiOX Passivated Contacts Solar Cells

Charles Seron^{1, 2}, Thibaut Desrues¹, Christine Denis¹, Raphael Cabal¹, Frederic Jay¹, Adeline Lanterne¹, Quentin Rafhay², Anne Kaminski², Sebastien Dubois¹. ¹Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LITEN, Campus INES, 73375 Le Bourget du Lac, France, LE BOURGET DU LAC, *, France.²Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mt-Blanc, CNRS, Grenoble INP, IMEP-LAHC, 38000 Grenoble, France, GRENOBLE, *, France

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Contribution of Na+ from Glass to PID-s in Solar Modules: Na Migration in EVA

Jacob A. Clenney¹, Erick Martinez Loran², Guillaume von Gastrow³, Tanguy Terlier⁴, David P. Fenning², Rico Meier¹, Mariana I. Bertoni¹. ¹Arizona State Univeristy, Phoenix, AZ, USA.²University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.³SunPower Corp, San Jose, CA, USA.⁴Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

Extended Accelerated Stress Testing (EAST) of Glass/Glass, Glass/Backsheet and Glass/Transparent Backsheet PV Modules: Influence of EVA and POE Encapsulants

Akash Kumar¹, Ashwini Pavgi ¹, Peter Hacke², Kaushik Roy Choudhury³, GovindaSamy TamizhMani¹. ¹Photovoltaic Reliability Laboratory, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ, USA.²National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.³DuPont, Central Research and Development, Wilmington, DE, USA

Development of a Novel Soiling Chamber for Testing Antisoiling Coatings

Matthew T Muller. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, golden, CO, USA

Investigation of the crack propensity of co-extruded polypropylene based backsheets

Gernot Oreski¹, Chiara Barretta¹, Astrid Macher¹, Gabriele Eder², Lukas Neumaier³, Markus Feichtner⁴, Minna Aarnio-Winterhof⁵. ¹Polymer Competence Center Leoben, Leoben, *, Austria.²Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology, Vienna, *, Austria.³3Silicon Austria Labs, Villach, *, Austria.⁴Kioto Solar, St. Veit, *, Austria.⁵Borealis, Linz, *, Austria

Long-term UV Durability of Laminated Glass/Transparent Backsheet Coupons for Bifacial Photovoltaics: Backsheet Side Exposure

Soshana Smith, Stephanie Moffitt, Stefan Mitterhofer, Song-Syun Jhang, Stephanie Watson, Li-Piin Sung, LaKesha Perry, Deborah Jacobs , Xiaohong Gu. Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - The Natural and Accelerated Evolution of EVA Adhesion through Intermediate Exposures

Patrick Thornton¹, Nick Bosco², Reinhold H Dauskardt¹. ¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.²National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

Proposal of Connection Assessment Diagrams to Speed up the Studies of Hosting Capacity of PV Generators in MV Distribution Systems

Pedro A. V. Pato, Fernanda C. L. Trindade, Tiago R. Ricciardi, Paulo C. M. Meira, Walmir Freitas. University of Campinas, Campinas, *, Brazil

Analyzing Hosting Capacity Protection Constraints Under Time-Varying PV Inverter Fault Response

Joseph A. Azzolini, Nicholas S. Gurule, Rachid Darbali-Zamora, Matthew J. Reno. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Grid-Forming and Grid-Following Inverter Comparison of Droop Response

Nicholas S. Gurule¹, Javier Hernandez-Alvidrez¹, Matthew J Reno¹, Wei Du², Kevin Schneider². ¹Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.²Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA

Multiple Inverter Microgrid Experimental Fault Testing

Nicholas S. Gurule, Javier Hernandez-Alvidrez, Matthew J. Reno, Jack Flicker. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Fault Analysis and Relay Assessment on a Substation System with High Penetration of PV Generation

Biqi Wang¹, Genesis Alvarez², Micah Till², Kevin Jones², R. Matthew Gardner². ¹Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.²Dominion Energy, Richmond, VA, USA

Accuracy of Potential High Limit Estimation for Solar Plants in the Southeast US

William B. Hobbs¹, David J. Ault¹, Vahan Gevorgian², Govind Saraswat². ¹Southern Company, Birmingham, AL, USA.²NREL, Golden, CO, USA

Perovskite PV Design for Stable Space Operation

Kaitlyn T. VanSant^{1, 2}, Ahmad R. Kirmani², Jay B. Patel^{2, 3}, Laura E. Mundt⁴, David P. Ostrowski², Brian M. Wieliczka², Gabriella D. Lahti², Michael D. McGehee^{2, 3}, Laura T. Schelhas², Joseph M. Luther², Timothy J. Peshek¹, Lyndsey B. McMillon-Brown¹. ¹NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.²National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.³University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.⁴SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA

Flexible All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells with High Specific Power

Zhaoning Song, Cong Chen, Chongwen Li, Lei Chen, Yanfa Yan. Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

Radiation tolerance, high temperature stability, and self-healing of triple halide perovskite solar cells

Hadi Afshari¹, Sergio A Chacon¹, Brandon K Durant¹, Rose Crawford¹, Bibhudutta Rout², Giles E Eperon³, Ian R Sellers¹. ¹University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.²University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA.³Swift Solar, San Carlos, CA, USA

Transparent Oxides as a Protective Encapsulant for Perovskite Solar Cells in Low Earth Orbit

Kyle M Crowley, Kaitlyn VanSant, Timothy J Peshek, Lyndsey B McMillon-Brown. NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

Study of Perovskite Solar Cells under High-Fluence, Low-Energy Proton Radiation

Michael D Kelzenberg¹, Ahmad R. Kirmani², Kaitlyn T. VanSant², Joseph M. Luther², Harry A. Atwater¹. ¹California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.²National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

Ultra-Thin and Lightweight CdS/CdTe Solar Cell Fabricated on Ceramic Substrate for Space Applications

Manoj K Jamarkattel¹, Adam B Phillips¹, Geethika K Liyanage¹, Fadhil K Alfadhili¹, Ebin Bastola¹, Victor V. Plotnikov², Alvin D. Compaan², Randy J Ellingson¹, Michael J Heben¹. ¹University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.²Lucintech Inc., Perrysburg, OH, USA

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Demonstration of a Monolithically Integrated Hybrid Electroabsorptive Modulator/Photovoltaic Device for Bidirectional Free Space Optical Communication at 1.55 µm

Emily Kessler-Lewis¹, Stephen J. Polly¹, Elijah Sacchitella¹, Seth M. Hubbard¹, Raymond Hoheisel². ¹Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.²Blacksky Aerospace LLC, Arlington, VA, USA

High-Performance O-Band Photonic Power Converters Under Non-Uniform Laser Illumination

Meghan N. Beattie¹, Henning Helmers², Gavin P. Forcade¹, Christopher E. Valdivia¹, David Lackner², Oliver Hohn², Karin Hinzer¹. ¹SUNLAB, Centre for Research in Photonics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.²Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, *, Germany

Realization of Ultrathin GaAs Photonic Power Converters with Rear Side Metal Grating on Full 4” Wafers

Oliver Hohn, Meike Schauerte, Patrick Schygulla, Hubert Hauser, David Lackner, Benedikt Blasi, Henning Helmers. Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, *, Germany

GaAs-Based Photovoltaic Infrared Energy Harvesting for Microscale Biomedical Implants

Yi Sun¹, Joseph Letner², Jungho Lee¹, Nuha Ahmed³, Cynthia Chestek², David Blaauw¹, Jamie Phillips^{1, 3}. ¹Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.²Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.³Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

Monochromatic Light Trapping in Photonic Power Converters

Nicholas P. Irvin¹, Neda Nouri², Chaomin Zhang¹, Christopher E. Valdivia², Karin Hinzer², Richard R. King¹, Christiana B. Honsberg¹. ¹Arizona State University, TEMPE, AZ, USA.²University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Wide Bandgap AlGaInP-based Photovoltaic Cell for Indoor Ambient Energy Harvesting

Aditya Prabaswara¹, Jack Browne¹, Yongjie Zou², Richard King², Stephen Goodnick², Brian Corbett¹. ¹Tyndall National Institute, Cork, *, Ireland.²Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

Metastability and Degradation of CdTe Solar Cells Investigated by nm-Scale Electrical Potential Imaging

Chun-Sheng Jiang¹, David Albin¹, Marco Nardone², Kassidy H. Howard², Adam Danielson³, Amit Munshi³, Tushar Shimpi³, Walajabad Sampath³, Chuanxiao Xiao¹, Helio R. Moutinho¹, Mowafak M. Al-Jassim¹, Glenn Teeter¹. ¹National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.²Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA.³Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

Numerical modeling of capacitance signatures of perovskite solar cells

Rasha Awni, Zhaoning Song, Chongwen Li, Lei Chen, Suman Rijal, Sandip Bista, Tao Zhu, Xiaoming Wang, Yanfa Yan. Department of Physics and Astronomy, and The Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

Quantitative measurement of active dopant density distribution in black silicon solar cell using scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy

Yasuo Cho¹, Beniamino Iandolo², Ole Hansen². ¹Tohoku University, Sendai, *, Japan.²Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, *, Denmark

Hydrogen complexes present after different firing profiles and their influence on LeTID degradation

Benjamin Hammann¹, Nicole Assmann², Philip M. Weiser², Wolfram Kwapil^{1, 3}, Tim Niewelt^{1, 3, 4}, Florian Schindler¹, Rune Sondena⁵, Eduard V. Monakhov², Martin C. Schubert¹. ¹Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy ISE, Freiburg, *, Germany.²Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, *, Norway.³Laboratory for Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Department of Sustainable Systems Engineering (INATECH), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, *, Germany.⁴School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, *, United Kingdom.⁵Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, *, Norway

Local nm-Scale Imaging of Electrical Contact for Series Resistance Degradation of Silicon Solar Cells

Chun-Sheng Jiang¹, Steve W. Johnston¹, E. Ashley Gaulding¹, Michael G. Deceglie¹, Robert Flottemesch², Chuanxiao Xiao¹, Helio R. Moutinho¹, Dana B. Sulas-Kern¹, John Mangum¹, Mowafak M. Al-Jassim¹, Ingrid L. Repins¹. ¹National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.²Luminace LLC, New York, NY, USA

Grain size and texture optimization for high efficiency As-doped CdTe thin film solar cells

Vladislav Kornienko^{1, 2}, Ochai Oklobia³, Stuart Irvine³, Steve Jones³, Giray Kartopu³, Ali Abbas¹, Yau Yau Tse², Jake Bowers¹, Michael Walls¹. ¹Loughborough University-CREST, Loughborough, *, United Kingdom.²Department of Materials - Loughborough University, Loughborough, *, United Kingdom.³Centre for Solar Energy (CSER), Swansea, *, United Kingdom

Analyzing Effects of Solar Variability and System Location on LMP Prices

Mesude Bayrakci Boz¹, Joseph Ranalli¹. ¹Penn State Hazleton, Hazleton, PA, USA.²Penn State Hazleton, Hazleton, PA, USA

Variable Renewable Energy Participation in U.S. Ancillary Services Markets: Economic Evaluation and Key Issues

James Hyungkwan Kim, Fredrich Kahrl, Andrew Mills, Ryan Wiser, Cristina Montanes, Will Gorman. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA

A Data-Driven Feeder Selection Method for Distribution Hosting Capacity Studies

Alexandre Nassif¹, Fernanda C. L. Trindade². ¹LUMA Energy, San Juan, PR, USA.²University of Campinas, Campinas, *, Brazil

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Operability of a Power System with Synchronous Condensers and Grid-Following Inverters

Marena Trujilo^{1, 2, 3}, Rick W Kenyon^{1, 2, 3}, Gemini Yau⁴, Li Yu⁴, Andy Hoke³, Bri-Mathias Hodge^{1, 2, 3}. ¹Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado of Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.²Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado of Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.³National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.⁴Hawaiian Electric Company, Honolulu, HI, USA

Stability Analysis and Volt-Watt Control Setting Guideline for Distributed Energy Resources

Wenzong Wang¹, Wei Ren¹, Aminul Huque¹, Devin Van Zandt¹, Reigh Walling². ¹Electric Power Research Institute, Knoxville, TN, USA.²Walling Energy Systems Consulting, LLC, Clifton Park, NY, USA

Behavioral and Population Data-Driven Distribution System Load Modeling

Isaac Bromley-Dulfano, Xiangqi Zhu, Barry Mather. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Human Health Risk Assessment of Solvents and Lead Toxicity in Emerging Perovskite Solar Cells

Sherif A. Khalifa¹, Sabrina Spatari², Aaron T. Fafarman¹, Vasilis M. Fthenakis³, Patrick Gurian⁴, Jason B. Baxter¹. ¹Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.²Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, *, Israel.³Center for Life Cycle Analysis, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.⁴Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Toxicity assessment of lead and other metals used in perovskite solar panels

Gonzalo Rodriguez-Garcia, Jon J. Kellar, Zhengtao Zhu, Ilke Celik. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, USA

Best Student Presentation Award Finalist - Material Use and Life Cycle Impact of Crystalline Silicon PV Modules Over Time

Luyao Yuan, Annick Anctil. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

Life-Cycle Analysis of crystalline-Si “Direct Wafer” and Tandem Perovskite PV Modules and Systems

Vasilis Fthenakis¹, Enrica Leccisi¹, Adam Lorenz². ¹Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.²CubicPV, Betford, MA, USA

Assessing the Alignment of Solar Facilities with Global Climate Goals

Parikhit Sinha¹, Liv Hammann². ¹First Solar, Tempe, AZ, USA.²right. based on science, Frankfurt, *, Germany

Embodied Energy and CO2 from the Manufacture of Cadmium Telluride and Silicon Photovoltaics

Hope Wikoff, Samantha B Reese, Matthew O Reese. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

Towards a Perovskite Tandem PV Future

Michael Irwin. Cubic PV

Investigation of Degradation Mechanisms in Carbon-Based Perovskite Solar Cells Exposed to Damp-Heat Conditions

Nikoleta Kyranaki¹, Cynthia Farha², Lara Perrin², Lionel Flandin², Emilie Planes², Lukas Wagner³, Karima Saddedine³, David Martineau⁴, Stephane Cros¹. ¹Commissariat a l, Le Bourget-du-Lac, *, France.²Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LEPMI, Grenoble, *, France.³Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, *, Germany.⁴Solaronix S.A., Aubonne, *, Switzerland

Towards Standardization of Accelerated Stress Testing Protocols for Metal-Halide Perovskite Photovoltaic Modules

Michael Owen-Bellini¹, Timothy J Silverman¹, Michael G. Deceglie¹, Paul Ndione¹, Nikos Kopidakis¹, Ingrid Repins¹, Mickey Wilson¹, Dana B. Sulas-Kern¹, Joseph Berry¹, Laura T. Schelhas¹, Colin Sillerud², Jinsong Huang³, Michael J. Heben⁴, Yanfa Yan⁴, Devin MacKenzie⁵, Joshua S. Stein⁶. ¹National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.²CFV Labs, Albuquerque, NM, USA.³University of North Caolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.⁴University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.⁵University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.⁶Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Seasonal dependence of diurnal efficiency degradation and recovery in perovskite mini-modules during outdoor testing

Vasiliki Paraskeva¹, Maria Hadjipanayi¹, Matthew Norton¹, Aranzazu Aguirre², Afshin Hadipour², George E. Georghiou¹. ¹University of Cyprus, Nicosia, *, Cyprus.²IMEC, Leuven, *, Belgium

Statistical Performance Analysis on ≈ 320 Perovskite Single- and Two-junction Solar Cells and Modules from >30 Global Sources

Tao Song, Charles Mack, Rafell Williams, Josh Gallon, Allan Anderberg, Larry Ottoson, Daniel J. Friedman, Nikos Kopidakis. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

Simulation of hot-carrier filtering in InAs-InP nanowire heterostructures

Urs Aeberhard^{1, 2}. ¹ETH Zurich, Zurich, *, Switzerland.²Fluxim AG, Winterthur, *, Switzerland

Understanding configuration of geopolymer materials for application in solar-cells

Arijeta Bafti¹, Filip Brlekovia#263¹, Vilko Mandia#263¹, Luka Pavia#263², Ivana Pan¹, Andra Krajnc³. ¹University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Zagreb, *, Croatia.²Rua#273er Bo, Zagreb, *, Croatia.³National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, *, Slovenia

Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Building Integrated Photovoltaic Devices

Liam J. Halloran. Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, *, Ireland

Critical Transport Behavior in Quantum Dot Solids

Michael A Kovtun, Zachary M Crawford, Adam D Goga, Gergely T Zimanyi. University of California - Davis, Davis, CA, USA

Designing a Multi-Quantum-Dot Array for Efficient Light-Harvesting in Solar Cells

Jose Raul Montes-Bojorquez, Maria Fernanda Villa-Bracamonte, Arturo A Ayon. University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA

Combining nanoscale 3D printing with spark ablation to achieve novel nanostructured surfaces for photovoltaic applications

Ivana Panzic¹, Alexander Jelinek², Floren Radovanovic-Peric¹, Daniel Kiener², Vilko Mandic¹. ¹Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Zagreb, *, Croatia.²Department of Materials Physics, Montanuniversitat Leoben, Leoben, *, Austria

The potential use of spark ablation in development of AgNP decorated copper oxide thin films for photodetection applications

Floren Radovanovia#263-Peria#263, Vilko Mandia#263, Ivana Pan. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Zagreb, *, Croatia

Progression in Grain Size of Novel Photoferroic Absorber Bournonite (CuPbSbS3)

Oliver M Rigby, Budhika G Mendis, Marek Szablewski. Durham University, Durham, *, United Kingdom

Developement of phosphors by magnetron sputtering for solar cells improvement

Eduardo Salas ¹, Miguel Modesto Tardio¹, Elisa Garcia-Tabares¹, Gracia Belen Perea¹, Rosa de la Cruz¹, Stavros Athanasopoulos¹, Clement Kanyinda-Malu², Juan Enrique Munoz-Santiuste¹, Beatriz Galiana¹. ¹Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganes, *, Spain.²Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Mostoles, *, Spain

4D-Printed Shape Memory Polymer Based Solar Tracker

Serhii Tytov^{1, 2}, Fhad Al-Modaf², Shicheng Su^{2, 3}, Nazek El-Atab². ¹National Technical University of Ukraine, Kyiv, *, Ukrenia.²King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, *, Saudi Arabia.³University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China, *, China

Photophysical Properties of CdSe/CdTe Bilayer Solar Cells: A Confocal Raman and Photoluminescence Microscopy Study

Abasi Abudulimu¹, Jaroslav Kulicek², Ebin Bastola¹, Adam B Phillips¹, Dipendra Pokhrel¹, Aesha Patel¹, Manoj K Jamarkattel¹, Michael J Heben¹, Bohuslav Rezek², Randy J Ellingson¹. ¹Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.²Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, *, Czech Republic.³Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.⁴Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.⁵Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.⁶Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.⁷Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.⁸Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.⁹Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, *, Czech Republic.¹⁰Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

The Effect of CdSeXTe1-X Thickness on the CdSeXTe1-X/CdTe Solar Cell Performance

Md Zahangir Alom, Sheikh Tawsif Elahi, Vasilios Palekis, Wei Wang, Chris Ferekides. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

Solution-Processed Copper Selenium Oxide (CuSeO3) as Hole Transport Layer for CdS/CdTe Solar Cell

Sandip S Bista, Dengbing Li, Suman Rijal , Sabin Neupane , Manoj K Jamarkattel , Rasha A Awni, Zhaoning Song , Adam Phillips , Michael Heben , Randy J Ellingson , Yanfa Yan . The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

Hybrid Functional Calculations for Antimony Doping in CdTe

Intuon Chatratin, Shagorika Mukherjee, Anderson Janotti. Department of Materials Science a Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

Native Oxide Growth on CdSeTe for Improved Back Surface Passivation

Adam Danielson¹, Carey Reich¹, Mason Mahaffey², Arthur Onno², Zach Holman², Walajabad Sampath¹. ¹Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.²Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

Effects of Arsenic Doping on CdSeXTe1-X/CdTe Solar Cells

Sheikh Tawsif Elahi, Md Zahangir Alom, Wei Wang, Vasilios Palekis, Chris Ferekides.

Characterizing the Back-Contact Interface of Bi-Facial Poly-Crystalline CdTe Devices Using Transmission Electron Microscopy

John Farrell¹, Manoj Jamarkattel², Ebin Bastola², Michael Heben², Robert Klie¹. ¹University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicao, IL, USA.²University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

Influence of Se Grading on the Free Carrier Profile of CdSeTe/CdTe Solar Cells

Jared D. Friedl¹, Ebin Bastola¹, Rasha A. Awni¹, Xavier Mathew^{1, 2}, Adam B. Phillips¹, Yanfa Yan¹, Michael J. Heben¹. ¹Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.²Instituto de Energias Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Temixco, *, Mexico

Effect of near-interface compensation of CdSeTe absorber layers on solar cell performance

Brian Good^{1, 2}, Eric Colegrove¹, Matthew O. Reese¹. ¹NREL, Golden, CO, USA.²University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Effect of Microstructure on the Photoactivity of Thin Film CdSe

Rachael C. Greenhalgh, Kerrie Morris, Vladislav Kornienko, Martin Bliss, Ali Abbas, Jake Bowers, J. Michael Walls. Centre of Renewable Energy Systems Technology, Loughborough University, Loughborough, *, United Kingdom

N-type CdTe Thin Films via In-Situ Indium Doping

Theodore D C Hobson¹, Luke Thomas¹, Laurie J Phillips¹, Leanne A H Jones¹, Matthew J Smiles¹, Christopher H Don¹, Pardeep K Thakur², Vinod R Dhanak¹, Tim D Veal¹, Jonathan D Major¹, Ken Durose¹. ¹Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, *, United Kingdom.²Diamond Light Source Ltd, Didcot, *, United Kingdom

Oxygen and temperature effects on NiO buffer layers for CdTe solar cells

Nicholas Hunwick, Xiaolei Liu, Patrick J.M. Isherwood, John. M. Walls. loughborough university, Loughborough, *, United Kingdom

Properties of Co-Sputtered (InxGa(1-x))2O3 Layers Used in CdTe Solar Cells

Manoj K. Jamarkattel, Adam B. Phillips, Indra Subedi, Abasi Abudulimu, Ebin Bastola, Deng Bing Li, Zhaoning Song, Xavier Matthew, Yanfa Yan, Randy J. Ellingson, Nikolas J. Podraza, Michael J. Heben. Wright Center for Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercailization, University of Toledo, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toledo, OH, USA

Leveraging Undoped CdSeTe for >950 mV

Pascal M Jundt, James R Sites. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

Optimizing CdCl2 Treatment on CdTe Solar Cells Using Spray Deposition Method

Prabodika N. kaluarachchi, Shannon E. Costello, Ryan Madden, Jacob M. Gibbs, Tyler R Brau, Aesha P. Patel, Manoj K . Jamarkattel, Jared D. Friedl, Kevin G. Schaffer, Kristof J. Nieschwitz, Ebin Bastola, Adam B. Phillips, Randy J. Ellingson, Michael J. Heben. Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

CdTe-based photovoltaics using a CdTe/CdSe/CdTe absorber layer structure.

Jacob F Leaver, Ken Durose, Jonathan D Major. University of Liverpool, Liverpool, *, United Kingdom

Optimization of CdTe Solar Cells using Co-sputtered CdSeTe

Deng-Bing Li, Sandip Singh Bista, Neupane Sabin, Xiaomeng Duan, Manoj K Jamarkattel, Abdul Quader, Adam Philips, Michael Heben, Randall J Ellingson, Yanfa Yan. Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

Measurement of Band Alignment between ZnO Based Front Emitters and CdCl2 Treated CdSeTe/CdTe Absorbers

Xiaolei Liu¹, Luke Jones¹, Luksa Kujovic¹, Nicholas Hunwick¹, Luis Infante-Ortega¹, Michael Walls¹, Tushar Shimpi², Walajabad Sampath², Kurt Barth², Stephen Jones³, Ochai Oklobia³, Stuart Irvine³. ¹Loughborough University, Loughborough, *, United Kingdom.²Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.³Swansea University, Swansea, *, United Kingdom

Tuning the band gap of magnesium zinc oxide to enhance band alignment with CdTe based photovoltaic devices.

Kerrie M Morris, Mustafa Togay, Rachael C Greenhalgh, Jake W Bowers, John M Walls.

Achieving 900 mV Open Circuit Voltage in CdTe-based Solar Cells Using Oxide Back Buffer Layers

Abdul Quader, Manoj K Jamarkattel, Ebin Bastola, Kamala K Subedi, Dipendra Pokhrel, Indra Subedi, Adam B Phillips, Nikolas J Podraza, Randy J Ellingson, Michael J Heben. Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toledo, OH, USA

Photon Management in CdSeTe Absorber Solar Cells: The Case for Increased Attention to Optical Cell Design

Carey L. Reich¹, Arthur Onno², Adam Danielson¹, Zachary C. Holman², Walajabad S. Sampath¹. ¹Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.²Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

Measuring Carrier Concentration on the Back Side of Thin Film Solar Cells

Nathan Rosenblatt^{1, 2}, Alex Polizzotti¹, Sachit Grover¹, Xiaoping Li¹, Wyatt K Metzger¹. ¹First Solar, Santa Clara, CA, USA.²Arizona State University MBE Optoelectronics Research Group, Tempe, AZ, USA

Effective Passivation of CdTe Rear Interface via Thin Selenium Interface Layer Indicated by Surface Photovoltage Spectroscopy

Michael A Scarpulla¹, Nathan D Rock¹, Amit Munshi². ¹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.²Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

Interrelation of CdTe grain size, post-growth processing and window layer selection on solar cell performance

Thomas P Shalvey¹, Heath Bagshaw², Jonathan D Major¹. ¹Stephenson Insitute for Renewable Energy, Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, *, United Kingdom.²SEM Shared Research Facility, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, *, United Kingdom

Chlorine doped n-type CdTe solar cells

Wei Wang, Vasilis Palekis, Md Zahangir Alom, Sheikh Elahi Tawsif, Chris Ferekides. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

Tuning Thermal Induced Porous-Ge Reconstruction for Layer Transfer and Substrate Re-use

Ahmed Ayari^{1, 2}, Bouraoui Ilahi^{1, 2}, Roxana Arvinte^{1, 2}, Tadeas Hanus^{1, 2}, Laurie Mouchel^{1, 2}, Denis Machon^{1, 2}, Abderraouf Boucherif^{1, 2}. ¹Institut Interdisciplinaire d, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.²Laboratoire Nanotechnologies Nano systemes (LN2), Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

Flexible and Lightweight CdS/CdTe Solar Cells via a Water-Assisted Lift-Off Process

Sandip S Bista, Deng-Bing Li, Suman Rijal, Sabin Neupane, Rasha A Awni, Randall J Ellingson , Zhaoning Song, Adam Phillips, Michael Heben , Yanfa Yan . The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

Evaluating Electroluminescence Imaging and Image Processing as a Quantitative Solar Cell Characterization Method

Meghan E Bush, Timothy J Peshek, Erica N Montbach. NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

Optimized Near-Field Thermophotovoltaic Cell using InAs and InAsSbP

Gavin P Forcade¹, Christopher E Valdivia¹, Sean Molesky^{2, 3}, Shengyuan Lu², Alejandro W Rodriguez², Jacob J Krich⁴, Raphael St-Gelais^{4, 5}, Karin Hinzer¹. ¹SUNLAB, Center for Research in Photonics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.²Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.³Department of Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.⁴Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.⁵Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Flight Demonstration Test of State-of-the-Art Photovoltaic Devices on JAXA’s New ISS Transfer Vehicle HTV-X

Mitsuru Imaizumi, Teppei Okumura, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shusaku Kanaya, Taishi Sumita. JAXA, Tsukuba, *, Japan

Photovoltaic Investigation on the Lunar Surface (PILS): Design Considerations and Ground Testing

Jeremiah S McNatt, Timothy J Peshek, Norman F Prokop, Greeta J Thaikattil, Michael J Krasowski, Amy R Stalker, Brian J Tomko, Mathew R Deminico. NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

Evaluation and Demonstration of Slot-Die Coating for Perovskite Thin Film Mini-Modules for Space Photovoltaics

Manoj Rajakaruna, Amir H Ghahremani, Tao Zhu, Jaehoon Chung, Tamanna Mariam, Tyler Brau, Adam Phillips, Michael Heben, Zhaoning Song, Randy J Ellingson, Yanfa Yan . Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

Reactive Anisotropic Conductive Adhesive Wafer Bonding for Solar Cells

Eric M Rehder, Shoghig Mesropian, Xing-Quan Liu. Spectrolab, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Ray Tracing of Bent Applications of Luminescent Solar Concentrator PV Modules

Xitong Zhu¹, Michael G. Debije², Angele H.M.E. Reinders^{1, 3}. ¹Energy Technology Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, *, Netherlands.²Stimuli-responsive Funct. Materials a Devices Group, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, *, Netherlands.³Department of Design, Production and Management, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, *, Netherlands

Impact of Thermal Annealing on the Mechanical Properties of Ge epilayer on Mesoporous Germanium for Layer Separation and Substrate Re-use

Firas Zouaghi^{1, 2}, Ahmed Ayari^{1, 2}, Bouraoui Ilahi^{1, 2}, Jeremie Chretien^{1, 2}, Tadeas Hanus^{1, 2}, Nicolas Paupy^{1, 2}, Nicolas Quaegebeur^{1, 3}, Abderraouf Boucherif^{1, 2}. ¹Institut Interdisciplinaire d, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.²Laboratoire Nanotechnologies Nano systemes (LN2), Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.³GAUS, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

Passivating Surface Iodide Defects Slows the CsPbI3 Phase Transformation

Jeffrey A Christians, Jonathan Outen, Rory M Campagna, Zachery R Wylie, Peter Ruffolo. Hope College, Holland, MI, USA

Inroganic perovskite solar cells with very high voltage and excellent stability against thermal and environmental degradation

Vikram Dalal, Saba Sharikadze, Junhao Zhu, Ranjith Kottokkaran, Arkadi Akopian. Iowa State University, AMES, IA, USA

Investigation of Degradation Kinetics of Perovskite Solar Cells by Accelerated Aging

DHRUBA B. KHADKA, Yashihiro Shirai, Masatoshi Yanagida , Kenjiro Miyano. National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, *, Japan

The Effect of Residual PbI2 on 2-Step Vapor-Processed p-i-n and n-i-p MAPbI3 Solar Cells

Austin G Kuba, Alexander J Harding, Chaiwarut Santiwipharat, Ujjwal K Das, Kevin D Dobson, William N Shafarman. Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

Development of Spatial Mapping and Degradation Monitoring for Perovskite Films

Emily J Miller, Biwas Subedi, Jaehoon Chung, Chongwen Li, Yanfa Yan, Nikolas J Podraza. The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

Chemomechanics of Halide Perovskites: Linking Mechanical Behavior with Reliability

Nicholas J Rolston. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

Time-Evolving Electroluminescence Imaging in Perovskite Solar Cells

Jackson W. Schall^{1, 2}, Hsinhan Tsai³, Harvey Guthrey¹, Chun-Sheng Jiang¹, Steve Johnston¹, Dana Kern¹, Andrew Norman¹, Mowafak Al-Jassim¹. ¹National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.²Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA.³First Solar, Perrysburg, OH, USA

A thermal model for bifacial PV panels

Shahzada Pamir Aly, Jim Joseph John, Gerhard Mathiak, Omar Albadwawi, Luis Martin Pomares, Vivian Alberts. Dubai Electricity a Water Authority (DEWA), Dubai, *, United Arab Emirates

The Effect of Inverter Loading Ratio on Energy Estimate Bias

Kevin S Anderson¹, William B Hobbs², William F Holmgren³, Kirsten R Perry¹, Mark A Mikofski³, Rounak A Kharait³. ¹NREL, Golden, CO, USA.²Southern Company, Birmingham, AL, USA.³DNV, San Diego, CA, USA

Solar Power Analysis and Simulation for Shade Detection

David J. Florez Rodriguez¹, Bennet E. Meyers^{1, 2}. ¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.²SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA

An Evaluation of Empirical Models for use in Normalizing PV Plant Performance Data

Daniel J Fregosi, Michael L Bolen. Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Uncertainty in Annual Energy Resulting from Uncertain Irradiance Measurements

Clifford W Hansen¹, Aaron Scheiner². ¹Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.²Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Modeling Efficiency of Inverters with Multiple Inputs

Clifford W Hansen, Jay Johnson, Rachid Darbali, Nicholas Gurule. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Physics-Guided Machine Learning Identifies 5 Optimum Test Locations to Predict Global PV Energy Yield for Arbitrary Farm Topologies

Jabir Bin Jahangir, Muhammed Tahir Patel, Muhammad A. Alam. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Geographic Analysis for Determining the Value of Different Photovoltaic Performance Factors

Madhuri Kumari, Marios Theristis, Joshua S. Stein. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Experimental assessment of temperature estimation models of bifacial photovoltaic modules

Gaetano Mannino¹, Giuseppe M. Tina¹, Mario Cacciato¹, Lorenzo Todaro², Fabrizio Bizzarri², Andrea Canino². ¹DIEEI, University of Catania, Catania, *, Italy.²Enel Green Power SpA, Viale Regina Margherita, Rome, *, Italy

Validation of In-Situ I-V Measurement Unit for PV System Monitoring Applications

Audrey Marquis¹, Michael Gostein¹, Bruce H. King². ¹Atonometrics, Austin, TX, USA.²Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Significance of Power and Energy Ratings of Modules in Large-scale PV Plants

Bijaya B Paudyal, Donny C Paniagua. Solar Center of Excellence, Enel Green Power North America, Andover, MA, USA

Improvement in PV Plant Performance for Convection Heat Transfer Changes from Altered Plant Layout

Matthew Prilliman¹, Sarah Smith², Brooke Stanislawski³, Marc Calaf³, Raul Bayoan Cal², Tim Silverman¹, Janine M.F. Keith¹. ¹National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.²Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA.³University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Uncertainty Quantification of Bifacial Performance Modeling

Matthew J. Prilliman, Janine M. Freeman Keith. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

Benchmarking PV Performance Models with High Quality IEC 61853 Matrix Measurements (Bilinear interpolation, SAPM, PVGIS, MLFM and 1-Diode)

Steven J Ransome. SRCL, Kingston Upon Thames, *, United Kingdom

Measurement of Snow Loading on a Tilted PV Module in Northern Michigan

Daniel M Riley¹, Laurie Burnham¹, William Snyder¹, Bruce H King¹, Paul W Dice². ¹Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.²Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA

An experimental comparison between view factor and ray tracing models for the energy estimation of bifacial modules

Hugo Sanchez^{1, 2}, Sebastian Dittmann^{1, 3}, Carlos Meza^{1, 2}, Ralph Gottschalg^{1, 3}. ¹Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Kothen, *, Germany.²Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Cartago, *, Costa Rica.³Fraunhofer-Center for Silicon Photovoltaics, Halle, *, Germany

Evaluation of Solar Capacity Factor of ~2000 Solar Plants Across the United States Using Multilayer Perceptron Regressor Models

Samantha S Wilson, Stephen Lightfoote, Stephen Voss, Brian Joseph. Power Factors, Brossard, QC, Canada

A Sparse and Low Rank Penalized Signal Decomposition Model with Constraints: Anomaly Detection in PV Systems

Wei Yang¹, Daniel Fregosi², Michael Bolen², Kamran Paynabar¹. ¹Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.²Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Using machine learning to predict the complete degradation of accelerated damp heat testing in just 10% of testing time

Zubair Abdullah-Vetter, Priya Dwivedi, Robert Lee Chin, Brendan Wright, Thorsten Trupke, Ziv Hameiri. UNSW, Sydney, *, Australia

Arrhenius Analysis of the Degradation Modes in Emerging Photovoltaic Backsheets

Naila M. Al Hasan¹, Rachael Arnold¹, David C. Miller¹, Jimmy Newkirk¹, Emily Rago¹, Michael Thuis¹, Bruce L. King², Laura T. Schelhas¹, Archana Sinha³, Kent Terwilliger¹, Sona Ulicna³, Peter Pasmans⁴, Christopher Thellen⁵. ¹National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.²National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.³National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.⁴National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.⁵National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.⁶National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.⁷Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.⁸National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.⁹SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA.¹⁰National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.¹¹SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA.¹²Endurans Solar Solutions B.V. Gelen, *, Netherlands.¹³Worthen Endurans Solar, Nashua, NH, USA

What Are PVDF-Based Backsheets Made Of?

Chiara Barretta, Eric Helfer, Astrid E. Macher, Gernot Oreski. Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH (PCCL), Leoben, *, Austria

LETID in legacy and modern PV modules: accelerated testing and field deployment

Joseph Karas, Ingrid Repins. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

Testing the Abrasion Resistance of Porous SiO2 Anti-reflection Coatings for Solar Cover Glass

Adam M Law, Farwah Bukhari, Luke O Jones, Ali Abbas, John M Walls. CREST, Wolfson School, Loughborough University, Loughborough, *, United Kingdom

Accelerated Durability Evaluation of Emerging Cell Interconnect Technologies

Fang Li¹, Dylan J. Colvin², Kristopher O. Davis², Andrew Gabor³, GovindaSamy TamizhMani¹. ¹Photovoltaic Reliability Laboratory, Arizona State University (ASU-PRL), Mesa, AZ, USA.²Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.³BrightSpot Automation LLC, Westford, MA, USA

Impact of Anti-soiling Coating on Potential Induced Degradation of Silicon PV modules

Farrukh ibne Mahmood, Govindasamy TamizhMani. Photovoltaic Reliability Laboratory, Arizona State University (ASU-PRL), Mesa, AZ, USA

Evaluating the Durability of Balance of Systems Components Using Combined-Accelerated Stress Testing

David Miller¹, Greg Perrin¹, Kent Terwilliger¹, Joshua Morse¹, Chuanxiao Xiao¹, Sona Ulicna², Bobby To¹, Laura Schelhas¹, Peter Hacke¹. ¹National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.²SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA

Evaluation of PV Module Packaging Strategies of Monofacial and Bifacial PERC Using Degradation Pathway Network Modeling

Sameera Nalin Venkat¹, Jiqi Liu¹, Jakob Wegmueller¹, Kunal Rath¹, Xuanji Yu¹, Xinjun Li², Jean-Nicolas Jaubert³, Jennifer L. Braid⁴, Roger H. French¹, Laura S. Bruckman¹. ¹SDLE Research Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland, OH, USA.²Cybrid Technologies Inc., Suzhou, Jiangsu, *, China.³System Technology a Reliability Testing, Canadian Solar Inc. (CSI), Suzhou, Jiangsu, *, China.⁴Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Harsh sequential stress tests for PV durability

Jean Patrice Rakotoniaina, Romain Couderc, Jeremie Aime, Eszter Voroshazi. University of Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LITEN, DTS, INES, Le Bourget du Lac, *, France

Glass-glass PV modules: Characterization of chemical and mechanical degradation

Laura Spinella¹, Sona Ulicna², Archana Sinha², Dana B. Sulas-Kern¹, Michael Owen-Bellini¹, Steve Johnston¹, Laura T. Schelhas¹. ¹National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO, USA.²SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA

The Materials Degradation in Encapsulants for Application in Glass/Glass PV Modules After Accelerated Aging

Sona Ulicna¹, Archana Sinha¹, David C. Miller², Laura T. Schelhas², Michael Owen-Bellini². ¹SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA.²National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO, USA

Introductions

Fernanda Trindade.

Data-Driven Grid Integration of PV

Matthew Reno. SANDIA , USA

A Practical Method to Design the Volt-var Strategy in PV-rich Distribution Systems

Walmir Freitas. University of Campinas , Brazil

Solutions Towards a Sustainable and Resilience Distribution Grid

Xiangqi Zhu. United States

Q&A

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