Webinar: Innovative ways to determine degradation modes and mechanisms in thin-film solar modules

Understanding material degradation and failure mechanismes of a solar cell is the holy grail for lifetime improvement  and application of solar cells in environmentally harsh conditions. Mirjam Theelen (TNO) is researching deceased CIGS solar modules. She developed a method to isolate functioning cells from a full scale module. The electrical and physical properties from this individual cell can be determined and help to understand the cause of degradation of the module.

Michaël Daenen (UHasselt) is taking another interesting approach: by developing integrated sensors, he is able to measure the true conditions inside the solar cell.  Knowing the real conditions  under which thin-film solar cells operate, can help to improve materials, stack and computational models.

The live webinar will be broadcasted at 09.00 Central European Summer Time (CEST) or 16.00 Japanese Standard Time (JST). The webinar will be replayed, accompanied with live chat and moderation by the experts at 09.00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).