[HTML][HTML] Machine learning for advanced characterisation of silicon photovoltaics: A comprehensive review of techniques and applications

Y Buratti, GMN Javier, Z Abdullah-Vetter… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate and efficient characterisation techniques are essential to ensure the optimal
performance and reliability of photovoltaic devices, especially given the large number of …

Progress in module level quantitative electroluminescence imaging of crystalline silicon PV module: A review

VE Puranik, R Kumar, R Gupta - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Electroluminescence (EL) imaging is a prominent tool for obtaining qualitative and
quantitative information of defects and degradations in a crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV module …

Dual spin max pooling convolutional neural network for solar cell crack detection

S Hassan, M Dhimish - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
This paper presents a solar cell crack detection system for use in photovoltaic (PV) assembly
units. The system utilizes four different Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) architectures …

Rapid testing on the effect of cracks on solar cells output power performance and thermal operation

M Dhimish, Y Hu - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
This work investigates the impact of cracks and fractural defects in solar cells and their
cause for output power losses and the development of hotspots. First, an …

Outdoor luminescence imaging of field-deployed PV modules

O Kunz, J Schlipf, A Fladung, YS Khoo… - Progress in …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Solar photovoltaic (PV) installations have increased exponentially over the last decade and
are now at a stage where they provide humanity with the greatest opportunity to mitigate …

Enhancing solar photovoltaic modules quality assurance through convolutional neural network-aided automated defect detection

S Hassan, M Dhimish - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Detecting cracks in solar photovoltaic (PV) modules plays an important role in ensuring their
performance and reliability. The development of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) has …

An empirical investigation on the correlation between solar cell cracks and hotspots

M Dhimish, PI Lazaridis - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
In recent years, solar cell cracks have been a topic of interest to industry because of their
impact on performance deterioration. Therefore, in this work, we investigate the correlation …

Efficient cell segmentation from electroluminescent images of single-crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and cell-based defect identification using deep learning …

HH Lin, HK Dandage, KM Lin, YT Lin, YJ Chen - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Solar cells may possess defects during the manufacturing process in photovoltaic (PV)
industries. To precisely evaluate the effectiveness of solar PV modules, manufacturing …

High-efficiency low-power microdefect detection in photovoltaic cells via a field programmable gate array-accelerated dual-flow network

H Wang, H Chen, B Wang, Y **, G Li, Y Kan - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Harvesting solar energy through photovoltaic (PV) power systems plays an important role in
achieving the goal of carbon neutrality. However, the early microdefects in PV cells …

Machine learning based identification and classification of field-operation caused solar panel failures observed in electroluminescence images

S Bordihn, A Fladung, J Schlipf… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Failure or degradation effects lead to power losses in solar panels during their field
operation and are identified commonly by electroluminescence (EL) imaging. Some failures …