Featured in Purchasing power – 04-2025

One module does not fit all

When it comes to module durability, we need to think differently, according to research from Austria’s Polymer Competence Center Leoben (PCCL). Researcher Chiara Barretta reveals study results that saw modules in a tropical environment suffer significant degradation. Even stabilizer materials in the encapsulants had a limited effect.

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pv magazine

01 Apr 2025

The PCCL team extracted encapsulant material from the modules for analysis. | Photo: PCCL

PV module designs tailored to specific climates are becoming more common. This development is underpinned by the knowledge that not all components in a bill of materials (BOM) can withstand every climatic condition.Despite that general understanding, it is quite difficult to find reports that investigate the same type of PV modules exposed to different climatic …

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