July 21, 2022
      
                  
        
  Author(s)
  Stephanie  Moffitt,   Po-Chang  Pan,   Lakesha  Perry,   Michael  Kempe,   Jared  Tracy,   Kaushik  Choudhury,   Xiaohong  Gu
 
       
            
    
    
        The backsheet layer of a solar module provides a safety and environmental barrier to the high voltages running through the photovoltaic (PV) cells and electrical contacts within the core of the module. However, in the past decade, backsheet cracking has