Nick Bosco
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
75 Papers
271 Citations
Nick Bosco is an academic researcher from National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Temperature cycling & Photovoltaic system. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 59 publications. Previous affiliations of Nick Bosco include University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Papers
Critical interlayer thickness for transient liquid phase bonding in the Cu–Sn system
Nick Bosco,Frank W. Zok +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the critical interlayer thickness for averting pore formation during transient liquid phase (TLP) bonding in the Cu-Sn system and develop a criterion based on the heights of the largest intermetallic grains.
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Evaluation of High-Temperature Exposure of Photovoltaic Modules
Sarah Kurtz,Kent Whitfield,GovindaSamy TamizhMani,Michael Koehl,David C. Miller,James Joyce,John H. Wohlgemuth,Nick Bosco,Michael D. Kempe,Timothy Zgonena +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the cumulative thermal degradation is modeled to follow Arrhenius behavior, and the data are analyzed to determine the constant temperature that would give average aging equivalent to the variable temperatures observed in the field.
Climate specific thermomechanical fatigue of flat plate photovoltaic module solder joints
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that increasing the maximum cycle temperature may significantly reduce the number of thermal cycles required for an equivalent exposure, and it is shown that the rate of solder fatigue damage is not ranked with the cities' climate designations.
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Evaluation of high-temperature exposure of rack-mounted photovoltaic modules
Sarah Kurtz,Kent Whitfield,David C. Miller,James Joyce,John H. Wohlgemuth,Michael D. Kempe,Neelkanth G. Dhere,Nick Bosco,Timothy Zgonena +8 more
- 07 Jun 2009
TL;DR: The IEC 61730 specification requires all polymeric materials used in a photovoltaic module to have a Relative Thermal Index (RTI) or Relative Thermal Endurance Index (RTE) at least 20°C greater than the maximum material temperature measured during the temperature test conducted at 40°C ambient as discussed by the authors.
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Test-to-Failure of crystalline silicon modules
Peter Hacke,Kent Terwilliger,S. H. Glick,David Trudell,Nick Bosco,Steve Johnston,Sarah Kurtz +6 more
- 20 Jun 2010
TL;DR: In this paper, an accelerated lifetime testing of five crystalline silicon module designs was carried out according to the Terrestrial Photovoltaic Module Accelerated Test-to-Failure Protocol.