Encapsulation pass the damp-heat IEC-61215 test on small-area devices was demonstrated using glass/glass vacuum lamination combined with accelerated damp-heat testing. Similarly, encapsulation techniques for perovskite-based solar cells were systematically compared using the lamination facility alongside environmental ageing chambers, including damp-heat and thermal cycling. These outcomes, published in peer-reviewed literature, confirm the facilities’ role in supporting high-caliber international research.

Environmental stress testing is also available through accelerated ageing chambers covering damp-heat, thermal cycling, humidity-freeze, and UV exposure conditions, plus combined testing of encapsulated devices under simultaneous elevated temperature, humidity, and white-light illumination—with maximum-power-point tracking available at cell level for the latter. Batches of up to 20 samples can be accommodated for tests lasting 1,000+ hours, with both indoor and outdoor testing supported in parallel; NOMAD integration is underway.

Glass/glass vacuum lamination, suited to cells and mini-modules, forms the other core service, processing roughly 10 units weekly to meet Ready-PV needs. Samples require about two hours of ambient-air handling plus a brief 100 °C air exposure (~5 minutes) for contact curing; metadata integration into NOMAD is currently in progress.

Through this combined suite, PVcomB enables academic and industrial researchers alike to simulate and accelerate real-world environmental degradation for reliability studies.