A working group of the international PV Quality Assurance Task Force has been undertaking research and testing initiatives aimed at improving the design and long-term reliability of module junction ...

This year’s Scorecard unveils that failures have also increased at the manufacturer and BOM levels. Image: Kiwa Group Back for the tenth year, the 2024 PV Module Reliability Scorecard from Kiwa PVEL ...

pv magazine s third Quality Roundtable hosted during Intersolar Europe in June revealed a case in which junction boxes overheated and caused brown discoloration of the backsheets of PV panels. The ...

This application note discusses the important characteristics of bypass diodes for photovoltaic solar cells. The basic function of bypass diodes in solar cells is to protect against hot spot damage ...

Although they are usually limited to only two leads, rectifiers and diodes play an important role in power electronic systems. In 2011, many types of rectifier/diodes were introduced, from bridge ...