Thermographic inspection of cracked solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4710, Issue , 2002, Pages 699-703

  Pilla, M ^a   Galmiche, F ^a   Maldague, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crack detection; Flaw detection; Infrared thermography; Lateral surface cooling; Lateral surface heating; Photovoltaic solar cells

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRACKS; HEATING; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS;

THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

EID: 0036029244     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459624     Document Type: Conference Paper

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