Worldwide Physics-Based Analysis of Solder Bond Failure in c-Si Modules for Lifetime Prediction

Lifetime prediction of the fielded c-Si solar modules due to location-specific weather conditions has been an important topic of photovoltaic research and the economic viability of solar energy. Data analytic techniques such as Performance Ratio method, Statistical Clear Sky model, and Suns-Vmp methods quantify the degradation from measured data of a solar farm, however, the non-linear time-depend...