The Role of Water on the Interfacial Adhesion in Si Solar Modules

Nicholas Theut; Arun Mannodi-Kanakkithodi; April M. Jeffries; Rishi E. Kumar; Guillaume Von Gastrow; David Fenning; Maria K.Y. Chan; Mariana I. Bertoni

doi:10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519053

The Role of Water on the Interfacial Adhesion in Si Solar Modules

Nicholas Theut, Arun Mannodi-Kanakkithodi, April M. Jeffries, Rishi E. Kumar, Guillaume Von Gastrow, David Fenning, Maria K.Y. Chan, Mariana I. Bertoni

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Abstract

Delamination of solar module interfaces often occurs in field-tested solar modules after decades of service due to environmental stressors such as humidity. As water diffuses into the module, failure mechanisms like corrosion and delamination are significantly affected. In the presence of water, the interfaces between EVA and the cell, glass, and backsheet all experience losses of adhesion exposing the module to accelerated degradation. Understanding the relation between interfacial adhesion and water content inside PV modules can help mitigate detrimental power losses. Water content measurements via short wave infrared reflectometry combined with 180° peel tests were used to study and quantify the effect of water ingress and egress on adhesion. Changes in adhesion strength for different module interfaces are quantified, correlating spatial distribution of water content to adhesion for damp heat and dry heat exposed samples. After 1000 hours of damp heat exposure, decreases in adhesion strength of approximately 1 N/mm were noted for all interfaces.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	2101-2103
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665419222
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519053
State	Published - Jun 20 2021
Event	48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021 - Fort Lauderdale, United States Duration: Jun 20 2021 → Jun 25 2021

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Conference	48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	Fort Lauderdale
Period	6/20/21 → 6/25/21

Funding

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Use of the Center for Nanoscale Materials, an Office of Science user facility, was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a DOE Office of Science User Facility supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Solar Energy Technologies Office Award Number DE-EE0008160. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Department of Energy or the United States Government.

Keywords

adhesion
delamination
peel
water

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Theut, N., Mannodi-Kanakkithodi, A., Jeffries, A. M., Kumar, R. E., Von Gastrow, G., Fenning, D., Chan, M. K. Y., & Bertoni, M. I. (2021). The Role of Water on the Interfacial Adhesion in Si Solar Modules. In 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021 (pp. 2101-2103). (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519053

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Theut, N, Mannodi-Kanakkithodi, A, Jeffries, AM, Kumar, RE, Von Gastrow, G, Fenning, D, Chan, MKY & Bertoni, MI 2021, The Role of Water on the Interfacial Adhesion in Si Solar Modules. in 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 2101-2103, 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021, Fort Lauderdale, United States, 6/20/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519053

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2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. p. 2101-2103 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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