Defect inspection of photovoltaic solar modules using aerial electroluminescence (EL): A review

Z Mahdavipour - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, aerial defect inspection methods have emerged as cost-efficient and rapid
approaches, proving to be reliable techniques for detecting failures in photovoltaic (PV) …

Challenges and Opportunities for Autonomous UAV Inspection in Solar Photovoltaics

OI Olayiwola, F Camara - International Conference on Renewable …, 2024 - pure.york.ac.uk
This work focuses on identifying the applications, critical challenges and future opportunities
of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in solar photovoltaics (PV) inspection. This …

Photovoltaic failure diagnosis using imaging techniques and electrical characterization

DH Daher, A Mathieu, A Abdallah, D Mouhoumed… - EPJ Photovoltaics, 2024 - epj-pv.org
Inspections of 48 photovoltaic (PV) modules within a 302.4 kWp solar array were undertaken
to expose the presence of defects after 12 years of operation under the harsh environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the Potential of Infrared Thermography in Quantitative Investigation of Potential-Induced Degradation in Crystalline Silicon PV Module

R Kumar, VE Puranik, R Gupta - Solar Energy Advances, 2024 - Elsevier
Potential-induced degradation-shunting (PID-s) is a severe degradation mechanism in
photovoltaic (PV) cells that significantly impacts module performance. Regular monitoring …

Analysis and insights into snail trail degradation in photovoltaic modules

A Pareek, R Gupta - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The reliability of photovoltaic (PV) modules is critical in harsh outdoor environments, where
they are exposed to various stresses that can cause various degradations. In recent …

Examining the interplay of dust and defects: A comprehensive experimental analysis on the performance of photovoltaic modules

A Azeem, MF Abbas, N Ahmed, SAA Kazmi, T Alharbi… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The performance of photovoltaic (PV) modules is greatly impacted by dust accumulation and
defects appearing in photovoltaic (PV) modules. Existing studies primarily focus on the effect …

Polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic cell defects detection based on global context information and multi-scale feature fusion in electroluminescence images

S Chen, Y Lu, G Qin, X Hou - Materials Today Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
In photovoltaic (PV) cell inspection, electroluminescence (EL) imaging provides high spatial
resolution for detecting various types of defects. The recent integration of EL imaging with …

Pseudorandom Sequence Coded Electroluminescence Imaging for Photovoltaic Module Inspection Under Strong Environmental Light

F Zhu, K Xie, D Gan, L Quan… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The inspection for photovoltaic (PV) module is mainly used in darkroom based on
electroluminescence (EL) imaging. To improve the universality and anti-interference …

Defect Analysis and Performance Evaluation of Photovoltaic Modules Using Quantitative Electroluminescence Imaging

P Truong Le, N Liet - Clean Energy, 2025 - academic.oup.com
This paper presents a defect analysis and performance evaluation of photovoltaic modules
using quantitative electroluminescence imaging. The study analyzed three common PV …

Enhancing Reliability and Regeneration of Single Passivated Emitter Rear Contact Solar Cell Modules through Alternating Current Power Application to Mitigate Light …

JA Jony, H Yousuf, MA Zahid, MQ Khokhar… - … status solidi (a), 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The study explores a novel method to combat the Light and Elevated Temperature‐Induced
Degradation (LeTID) in solar cell modules, which significantly reduces their efficiency and …