Featured in Solar Superheroes – 09-2015

If I dont see it, its not there

Microcracks: If I dont see it, its not there. This rather puerile statement is very likely to apply to microcracks in the PV industrys beginning stages. Now the solar sector has significantly matured and has the tools to spot and solve this important problem.

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pv magazine

27 Aug 2015

A microcrack is defined as a split in the crystalline structure of the cell material, which produces an electrical discontinuity, even when the physical integrity of the cell seems to be intact. From the beginning of the PV manufacturing industry, cell breakage and microcracks have been serious defects impacting the performance and reliability of solar …

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