@article{eprints2287,
           title = {A generalized electric model for mono and polycrystalline silicon in the presence of cracks and random defects},
         journal = {Energy Procedia},
          author = {Irene Berardone and Mauro Corrado and Marco Paggi},
            year = {2014},
       publisher = {Elsevier},
          volume = {55},
           pages = {22--29},
        abstract = {Damage, micro-cracks, grain boundaries and other defects in solar cells are impacting on the electric power-loss of photovoltaic modules, their actual solar conversion efficiency and also their lifetime. In the present contribution, a one-dimensional model for simulating the electric current distribution in solar cells accounting for a distributed series resistance is generalized to the presence of partially conductive cracks. The proposed model is used to perform a quantitative analysis of electroluminescence (EL) images of cracked monocrystalline silicon solar cells. A further generalization in a stochastic direction is also proposed in order to take into account randomly distributed defects typical of polycrystalline silicon.},
             url = {http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2287/}
}