{"title":"Electrochemical and galvanic corrosion effects in thin-film photovoltaic modules","authors":"G. Mon, L. Wen, J. Meyer, R. Ross, A. Nelson","doi":"10.1109/PVSC.1988.105667","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The electrochemical and galvanic corrosion properties of thin-film photovoltaic (TF-PV) modules (solar cells) and module subcomponents are determined and interpreted in the light of established corrosion science. Results of a detailed study of thin-film aluminum metallization corrosion are presented. Bar-graph corrosion, observed in fielded modules, has been induced experimentally and found to be electrochemical in nature. Corrosion rates and passivation techniques for TF-PV modules are discussed.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":10562,"journal":{"name":"Conference Record of the Twentieth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference","volume":"9 1","pages":"108-113 vol.1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"26","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Conference Record of the Twentieth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.1988.105667","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The electrochemical and galvanic corrosion properties of thin-film photovoltaic (TF-PV) modules (solar cells) and module subcomponents are determined and interpreted in the light of established corrosion science. Results of a detailed study of thin-film aluminum metallization corrosion are presented. Bar-graph corrosion, observed in fielded modules, has been induced experimentally and found to be electrochemical in nature. Corrosion rates and passivation techniques for TF-PV modules are discussed.<>