Reliability of IR-imaging of PV-plants under operating conditions

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 154-164

  Buerhop, Cl ^a   Schlegel, D ^a   Niess, M ^b   Vodermayer, C ^b   Weissmann R ^a   Brabec, C J ^a,c  

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

^b BEC Engineering GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electroluminescence; IR imaging; Operating conditions; Outdoor testing; Reliability

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC TEMPERATURE; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; EVALUATED DATA; FAILURE MECHANISM; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; IR-IMAGING; IR-THERMOGRAPHY; LIFE-TIMES; OPERATING CONDITION; OUTDOOR TESTING; POWER OUT PUT; POWER-LOSSES; QUALITY CHECKS; SOLDER JOINTS; SUB-STRINGS;

DEFECTS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; FRACTURE;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 84866004199     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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