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Encapsulation strategies for mechanical impact and damp heat reliability improvement of lightweight photovoltaic modules towards vehicle-integrated applications

Lightweight modules are essential for next-generation vehicle-integrated photovoltaic (VIPV) applications, such as solar-powered cars, allowing integration of solar cells beyond the roof, and on the hood, boot and body panels, and thereby extending the dri ...

Elsevier2024

ETFE and its Role in the Fabrication of Lightweight c-Si Solar Modules

Christophe Ballif, Fabiana Lisco

Glass-free, lightweight, photovoltaic modules have the potential to enable new uses of solar in building integrated and vehicle integrated applications. Glass-free modules have the advantages of reduced weight, lower-cost mounting solutions, and reduced tr ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2023

Ultrathin ALD Aluminum Oxide Thin Films Suppress the Thermal Shrinkage of Battery Separator Membranes

Christophe Ballif, Fabiana Lisco

Thermal runaway is a major safety concern in the applications of Li-ion batteries, especially in the electric vehicle (EV) market. A key component to mitigate this risk is the separator membrane, a porous polymer film that prevents physical contact between ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

A "combi-encapsulant" for enhanced performance of glass-free lightweight crystalline silicon solar PV modules

Christophe Ballif, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Fabiana Lisco

Lightweight crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV modules with a weight of 5kg/m(2), by substituting the typical front glass with a thin polymer sheet and the standard back sheet by a composite sandwich structure are presented here. With this work, we propose the ...

IEEE2021

The Front and Rear Side Contributions to the Potential Induced Degradation of Bifacial Silicon Heterojunction Solar Modules

Christophe Ballif, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Luca Gnocchi, Olatz Arriaga Arruti, Fabiana Lisco

38th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 573-577 Recent studies showed that silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells may be prone to potential induced degradation (PID), when encapsulated with a low volume resistivity ethylene vin ...

WIP2021

Optimized Module Packaging for Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells and Increased PID Resistance

Christophe Ballif, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Luca Gnocchi, Fabiana Lisco

Recent studies showed that silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells can be prone to potential induced degradation (PID) when encapsulated with a low volume resistivity ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA). We perform PID test in humid conditions (85°C/85% RH) on g ...

EU PVSEC Proceedings2020