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Title: | Hot-spot heating and non-uniformities in photovoltaic devices | ||||||
Author: | Bishop, James William | ||||||
Awarding Body: | University of London | ||||||
Current Institution: | Imperial College London | ||||||
Date of Award: | 1988 | ||||||
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The causes and effects of hot-spot heating, an important failure mode of photovoltaic arrays, are investigated. A computer program, for modelling the electrical
processes leading to hot-spot heating in networks of solar cells, is presented. A variety of techniques (infra-red imaging, scanning electron microscopy, and electrical
measurements) are used to identify the microscopic processes causing non-uniform
power dissipation in reverse biased, commercial silicon solar cells. A computer controlled laser scanning system, used to investigate the uniformity of solar cells, is
described.
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Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.717261 | DOI: | Not available | ||||
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