Amorphous silicon thin-film: Behaviour of light-induced degradation

M.Z. Hussin, S. Shaari, A.M. Omar and Z.M. Zain

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, vol. 43, issue C, 388-402

Abstract: This paper aims to investigate and emphasize the importance of the grid-connected PV system regarding with the complex nature of thin-film PV technology behaviours. The investigation was critically reviewed the literature on the potential problems associated with the responses of metastable behaviour and developed a new technique in determining the stabilization period under outdoor exposure. According to the literature survey, the importance issues such as the performance and reliability of the thin-film PV technology using grid-connected systems have fairly good performance, although the amount rate as well as process of stabilization period of light-induced degradation (LID) generally depended on the type of thin-film PV technology chosen. This study will lead to the identification of light-induced degradation mechanisms by viewing and summarizing the potential impact on this behaviour, which makes it difficult to obtain reliable and robust for PV system applications.

Keywords: amorphous-Silicon (a-Si); Photovoltaic (PV); Thin-film (TF); Light-induced degradation (LID); Stabilization process (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.10.093

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