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UV-Induced Degradation and Environmental Stability of Materials
  Monday, June 8, 2026           1:30 - 3:00 PM
Moderators
Lelia Deville, Ana Dyreson
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Presentations
1:30 UV-INDUCED DEGRADATION IN TOPCON MODULES: LINKING ACCELERATED TESTING AND FIELD EVIDENCE
Archana Sinha1, Jean-Nicolas Jaubert1, Todd Karin1, Dana Kern2. 1Kiwa PVEL, Napa, CA, USA 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA
2:00 GREATER UV-INDUCED DEGRADATION UNDER UV-FLUORESCENT COMPARE TO FULL SPECTRUM ILLUMINATION
Rebecca B. Wai, Xavier Hanna, Jimmy M. Newkirk, Kent Terwilliger, Steve Johnston, David C. Miller, Peter L. Hacke, Dana B. Kern. National Lab of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA
2:15 OPTICAL AND CHEMICAL DEGRADATION MECHANISMS IN MODERN ENCAPSULANT MATERIALS FOR UV-ID MITIGATION
Dennice M. Roberts, Xavier Hanna, David C. Miller, Jimmy Newkirk, Kent Terwiliger, Rachael L. Arnold, Rebecca Wai, Peter Hacke, Dana Kern. National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA
2:30 CAPACITANCE-BASED METASTABILITY IN SAMPLES EXTRACTED FROM UV-STRESSED SILICON TOPCON PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES
Steve Johnston, Dana B. Kern, Rebecca B. Wai, Kent Terwilliger. National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA
2:45 THE ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY OF SNO2, ZNO AND ALLOYED BUFFER LAYERS
Luksa Kujovic, Elliott Groves, Ali Abbas , Luke O. Jones, Mustafa Togay, Luis C. Infante-Ortega, Samuel E. Machin, Adam M. Law, Ana C. Jurado-Estrada, Jake W. Bowers, John M. Walls. Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom