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Visualizing the performance loss of solar cells by IR thermography—an evaluation study on CIGS with artificially induced defects

Vetter et al., 2016

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17700838401671732400
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Vetter A
Babbe F
Hofbeck B
Kubis P
Richter M
Heise S
Ohland J
Riedel I
Brabec C
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Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

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Local electric defects may result in considerable performance losses in solar cells. Infrared (IR) thermography is one important tool to detect these defects on photovoltaic modules. Qualitative interpretation of IR images has been carried out successfully, but quantitative …
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    • H01L31/0248—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infra-red radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus peculiar to the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof characterised by their semiconductor bodies
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