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.
17 May 2021
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Michaël Daenen
Michaël Daenen is an experienced physicist, engineer and associate professor of engineering technology. Educated in material physics and translating this into engineering technology. Currently working on reliability of energy systems, more specifically photovoltaic modules and systems.
Mirjam Theelen
Mirjam Theelen has studied Chemistry at the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. After graduation as a MSc in 2007, she started working at TNO/Solliance. She obtained her PhD degree from Delft University of Technology in 2015, studying the reliability of CIGS solar cells. She is still working as a senior research scientist at TNO/Solliance, focusing on predicting, understanding and improving long term stability of CIGS modules, and the development of advanced methods for their lifetime and reliability studies.
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