eprintid: 2302
rev_number: 7
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2014-10-09 09:27:38
lastmod: 2014-10-09 09:32:44
status_changed: 2014-10-09 09:27:38
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Infuso, Andrea
creators_name: Corrado, Mauro
creators_name: Paggi, Marco
creators_id: andrea.infuso@polito.it
creators_id: mauro.corrado@polito.it
creators_id: marco.paggi@imtlucca.it
title: Image analysis of polycrystalline solar cells and modeling of intergranular and transgranular cracking
ispublished: pub
subjects: TA
divisions: CSA
full_text_status: public
abstract: An innovative image analysis technique is proposed to process real solar cell pictures, identify grains and grain boundaries in polycrystalline Silicon, and finally generate finite element meshes. Using a modified intrinsic cohesive zone model approach to avoid mesh dependency, nonlinear finite element simulations show how grain boundaries and Silicon bulk properties influence the crack pattern. Numerical results demonstrate a prevalence of transgranular over intergranular cracking for similar interface fracture properties of grains and grain boundaries, in general agreement with the experimental observation.
date: 2014
date_type: published
publication: Journal of the European Ceramic Society 
volume: 34
number: 11
publisher: Elsevier
pagerange: 2713-2722
id_number: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2013.12.051
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0955-2219
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2013.12.051
related_url_url: http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.0256
citation:   Infuso, Andrea and Corrado, Mauro and Paggi, Marco  Image analysis of polycrystalline solar cells and modeling of intergranular and transgranular cracking.  Journal of the European Ceramic Society , 34 (11).  pp. 2713-2722.  ISSN 0955-2219      (2014)  
document_url: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2302/1/1410.0256.pdf