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Field Aging of Photovoltaic Module Packaging Materials: DuraMAT Field Module Library

Palmiotti, Elizabeth C.; King, Bruce H.; Snyder, William C.; Maes, Ashley M.; Stein, Joshua

To understand and develop models for silicon photovoltaic module degradation, accelerated testing is often used, however, outdoor field testing is necessary for validation. Outdoor field testing publications are often limited by the lack of a pristine, control module to compare the fielded module to. In this work, commercially available modules were purchased from seven different manufacturers for outdoor fielding then destructive characterization to investigate packaging material degradation on