Detection of the voltage distribution in photovoltaic modules by electroluminescence imaging

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-106

  Potthoff, Torben ^a,b   Bothe, Karsten ^a   Eitner, Ulrich ^a   Hinken, David ^a   Königes, Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

^b Sysaic AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contactless voltage measurement; Electroluminescence; PV module

Indexed keywords

CELL VOLTAGES; CONTACT LESS; CONTACTLESS VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; OPERATING CELLS; OPERATING VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PV MODULES; SERIES RESISTANCES; SOLAR CELL PARAMETERS; TOTAL CURRENT; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION;

CELLS; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 77649214251     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.941     Document Type: Article

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