Evaluation of the electrical properties under extreme stress in photovoltaic solar modules

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2015),"Behavioral finance: insights from experiments I: theory and financial markets", Review of Behavioural Finance, Vol. 7 Iss 1 pp. 78-96 http://dx.Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emerald-srm:468524 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to discuss the effect of electric reverse stress currents on the performance of photovoltaic solar modules. Design/methodology/approach -The effect of a reverse introduced current as a function of time is studied on the I-V and C-V characteristics and parameters which were extracted and analyzed using numerical analysis based on a reliable double exponential model. Findings -The effect of an introduced reverse current for different periods simulated the effect of accumulated extreme reverse currents which may arise in solar cells and modules due to different reasons, causing dramatic changes in the shunt resistance as well as other characteristics, mainly when the time of the current application exceeded a certain limit. Originality/value -The paper contributes to the research on the damaging effects of reverse currents on the normal operation of the solar cells and modules.

Capacitance Evolution of Photovoltaic Solar Modules Under the Influence of Electrical Stress

“…Several research papers studied the effect of reverse currents as a result of electrical stresses in solar cells and modules where I-V characteristics has shown to be strongly affected by these currents [7,8]. These studies however tackled the problem in the dark conditions.…”

Aging effect in dye-sensitized solar cells sealed with thermoplastic films

“…The research in photovoltaic solar cell has accelerated in the past decades to comply with the increasing demand and to improve the quality of cell/module (Sidawi et al, 2011). Although significant amounts of publications have been devoted to the optimization of various DSSC components to further improve DSSC efficiency, the long-term stability issue of the DSSC is generally overlooked (Lohrasbi et al, 2013).…”