WO2012143892A3 - Methods and system for detecting defects of at least a photovoltaic device - Google Patents
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- WO2012143892A3 WO2012143892A3 PCT/IB2012/051981 IB2012051981W WO2012143892A3 WO 2012143892 A3 WO2012143892 A3 WO 2012143892A3 IB 2012051981 W IB2012051981 W IB 2012051981W WO 2012143892 A3 WO2012143892 A3 WO 2012143892A3
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- Prior art keywords
- solar cell
- methods
- photovoltaic device
- detecting defects
- connector
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- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 title abstract 5
- 230000007547 defect Effects 0.000 title abstract 3
- 238000001816 cooling Methods 0.000 abstract 2
- 238000010438 heat treatment Methods 0.000 abstract 1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially 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 specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
- H01L31/18—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof
- H01L31/186—Particular post-treatment for the devices, e.g. annealing, impurity gettering, short-circuit elimination, recrystallisation
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02S—GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
- H02S50/00—Monitoring or testing of PV systems, e.g. load balancing or fault identification
- H02S50/10—Testing of PV devices, e.g. of PV modules or single PV cells
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- G01N25/00—Investigating or analyzing materials by the use of thermal means
- G01N25/72—Investigating presence of flaws
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
- Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
- Y02P70/00—Climate change mitigation technologies in the production process for final industrial or consumer products
- Y02P70/50—Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product
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- Electromagnetism (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
- Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
- Power Engineering (AREA)
- Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and system for controlling connection process of at least a connector to at least a solar cell. The method comprises the steps of: heating at least the solar cell, electrically connecting the connector to at least the solar cell, cooling down at least the solar cell, inspecting at least the solar cell for detecting a defect during cooling, and controlling the connection process to avoid at least the defect.
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EP12728318.2A EP2700108A2 (en) | 2011-04-20 | 2012-04-19 | Methods and system for detecting defects of at least a photovoltaic device |
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WO2012143892A2 WO2012143892A2 (en) | 2012-10-26 |
WO2012143892A3 true WO2012143892A3 (en) | 2013-03-14 |
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US20050252545A1 (en) * | 2004-05-12 | 2005-11-17 | Spire Corporation | Infrared detection of solar cell defects under forward bias |
JP2009293946A (en) * | 2008-06-02 | 2009-12-17 | Chugoku Electric Power Co Inc:The | Power transmission/distribution facility monitoring system, and power transmission/distribution facility monitoring method |
WO2010018869A1 (en) * | 2008-08-15 | 2010-02-18 | 株式会社アルバック | Solar cell manufacturing method and manufacturing device |
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Non-Patent Citations (1)
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LA ROCHE ET AL: "Long term thermal cycling tests on gold interconnected solar cells", PROCEEDINGS OF THE EUROPEAN SPACE POWER CONFERENCE, SN, SL, vol. 2, no. 4, 4 September 1995 (1995-09-04), pages 495 - 500, XP002116583 * |
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CN110910379B (en) * | 2019-11-29 | 2020-07-17 | 珠海大横琴科技发展有限公司 | Incomplete detection method and device |
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