@inproceedings{ae9e56aeaf424b519e758e536fc0f0d8,
title = "Reliability and Manufacturing Demonstrations of a New Photovoltaic Module Architecture and Streamlined Approach to Encpasulation",
abstract = "New photovoltaic module encapsulation technology is under development that can help achieve Department of Energy SunShot utility solar cost goals of 0.03/kWh by lowering manufacturing cost and improving module reliability. Vacuum lamination-based encapsulation can take up to 20 minutes to complete, has high operating cost, and requires a large factory footprint. Current encapsulation architectures are the source of several module degradation issues. A new module architecture and streamlined process is demonstrated to show under 30 second cycle time for each process and improved reliability. Modules are fabricated on industry ready tools and undergo several accelerated tests.",
keywords = "encapsulation, manufacturing, module, reliability",
author = "Samuel Ellis and Larry Maple and Tushar Shimpi and Ashwini Pavgi and Govindasamy Tamizhmani and Walajabad Sampth and Kurt Barth",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 IEEE.; 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021 ; Conference date: 20-06-2021 Through 25-06-2021",
year = "2021",
month = jun,
day = "20",
doi = "10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518523",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "1504--1506",
booktitle = "2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021",
}