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Scope: Focus on durability issues of materials used in solar energy applications.
In response to the concerns of durability and reliability of PV materials and modules, Atlas Material Testing Technology and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are pleased to host a two-day workshop on Photovoltaic Materials Durability for the global photovoltaic community. This workshop is distinguished from other PV conferences by its focus on measurement, exposure and modeling of durability for materials used in solar energy applications.
The Atlas/NIST Workshop on Photovoltaic Materials Durability will feature technical presentations, a poster session, standards discussion, and NIST facility tour. This event will allow participants to hear from and interact with industry experts ranging from material suppliers, module manufacturers, testing and certification companies to universities and national laboratories. Attendees will not only hear about advanced lifetime test methods, but will also have an opportunity to engage in open discussions on how to convert advanced research to consensus standards development.
Specifically addressed areas:
- Accelerated weathering
- Materials development
- Advanced test methods
- Fundamental research on degradation mechanism
- Mutlilayer adhesion tests and long-term adhesion challenges
- Field performance in different climates
- Modeling and lifetime assessment
- Linkage between accelerated test and field performance
- Correlation of material property with failure mode of modules
- Standards needs
Presentations:
Day 1: December 8th, 2015 | ||
Session1:PVModule Field Study (Chair: Kurt Scott, Atlas Material Testing Technology) | ||
| John Wohlgemuth (NREL) | ||
PV modules' reliability deployed in Japanese PV power plant from viewpoint of encapsulant | Tsuyoshi Shioda (Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.) | |
Degradation Study of Fielded PV Modules from Different Climates in China | Xian Dong (ShunDe SYSU Institute for Solar Energy, China) | |
Session2:AcceleratedLaboratory Testing of PV Modules and Materials (Chair: George Kelly) | ||
Development of Accelerated Tests based on Analysis of Fielded Modules | Bill Gambogi (DuPont) | |
| Xiaohong Gu (NIST) | ||
Investigating the Impact of Reciprocity on High-Irradiance Weathering Tests | Kenneth White (3M) | |
PV Component Weathering in IEC Standards – Development and Progress | Nancy Phillips (3M) | |
| Allen Zielnik (Atlas Material Testing Technology) | ||
| Prof. Roger French (Case Western Reserve University) | ||
Prediction of Moisture Induced Degradation in the Field for Flexible PV Modules | Kedar Hardika (Miasolé) | |
FieldandAcceleratedLaboratory Tests - Panel Discussion | ||
Day 2: December 9th, 2015 | ||
| Session3:Adhesionof PV Components (Chair: John Wohlgemuth, NREL) | ||
| Degradation in PV Encapsulant Adhesion: An Interlaboratory Study | David C. Miller (NREL) | |
| Thermo-Mechanical Degradation Mechanisms Relevant for Field Failures and Solar Lifetimes | Reinhold Dauskardt (Stanford University) | |
| Holistic Reliability: Accelerated Testing of Adhesion of Silver Paste | Mason Terry (DuPont) | |
| Moving the PV Industry to a Quantitative Adhesion Test Method | Nick Bosco (NREL) | |
| Session4:ElectricalCharacterizationof PV materials and Modules (Chair: Nancy Phillips, 3M) | ||
| Non-contact Electrical Characterization of PV Films | Jan Obrzut ( NIST) | |
| PV Standards and Long Term Thermal Aging (LTTA) | Christopher Flueckiger (UL) | |
| Electrical breakdown testing of polymeric materials intended for use in PV modules – standard development and progress | Bernt-Ake Sultan (Borealis) | |
| Adhesion,ElectricalCharacterization& Posters - Panel Discussion (Chairs:JohnWohlgemuth,Nancy Phillips & Xiaohong Gu) | ||
Sponsors
Atlas Materials Testing Technology LLC (Atlas) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)