Highly sensitive non-contact shunt detection of organic photovoltaic modules

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 101, Issue , 2012, Pages 176-179

  Bachmann, Jonas ^a   Buerhop Lutz, Claudia ^a   Steim, Roland ^b   Schilinsky, Pavel ^b   Hauch, Jens A ^b   Zeira, Eitan ^b   Christoh J , Brabec ^a,c  

^a BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

^b Konarka Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lock in thermography; Organic solar cell; Shunt

Indexed keywords

CURRENT EXCITATION; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; ILLUMINATED LOCK-IN THERMOGRAPHIES; LIGHT EXCITATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOCKIN THERMOGRAPHY; LOW LIGHT; NON-CONTACT; NON-CONTACT MODE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; SHUNT; SHUNT DETECTION; SOLAR MODULE;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84859545342     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.01.022     Document Type: Article

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