Senior Engineer Archana Sinha inspects modules in the UV chamber at the Kiwa PVEL lab in Napa, CA. Image: Kiwa PVEL As solar technology advances rapidly, a subtle yet serious threat has emerged – ...

PV Tech Premium speaks with Professor Bram Hoex and Dr Fiacre Rougieux from UNSW’s School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering. Image: Agata Bogucka, NREL New research from the University ...

A group of researchers from China's Nanchang University and solar module manufacturer Trina Solar have conducted a series of experiments to assess the impact of ultraviolet-induced degradation (UVID) ...

Researchers at NREL found that UV exposure can cause significant, partly non-recoverable degradation in TOPCon solar cells, with strong cell-to-cell and intra-cell variability linked to passivation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . While ultraviolet exposure from the sun is known to cause skin cancer, sunspots and other damage, for some with ...