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Pinpointing when a microcrack was caused

Fault detection: With a portable device, researchers at the Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH) in Hameln analyze modules in the field for microcracks. In contrast to the electroluminescence method, the new technique can determine the age of the damage following a hailstorm.

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Michael Fuhs

07 Jun 2017

The black hood that the staff of the Institute for Solar Energy Research in Hameln (ISFH) slide over the modules looks very similar to portable electroluminescence devices. The open underside fits on to a solar module and narrows at the top like a funnel. Armed with such devices, experts move from module to module through …

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