Reliability studies of Eureka modules

Abstract

Leakage current from glass/photovoltaic (PV) thin film/ethylene vinyl acetate/glass photovoltaic modules can be reduced to acceptable levels by removing the PV thin films at the border of the module. Sandblasting is a workable method to accomplish this. However, the resulting increase in the surface conductivity of the glass in the sandblasted region increases the width of the border required.