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A Simulation Study of the Stresses in Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Laminates during the Soldering and Lamination Processes Along the Longitudinal Direction

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Effect of encapsulants on the thermomechanical residual stress in the back-contact silicon solar cells of photovoltaic modules – A constrained local curvature model

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Thermomechanical residual stress evaluation in multi-crystalline silicon solar cells of photovoltaic modules with different encapsulation polymers using synchrotron X-ray microdiffraction

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Numerical Simulation of the Evolution of Stress in Solar Cells During the Entire Manufacturing Cycle of a Conventional Silicon Wafer Based Photovoltaic Laminate

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Effect of interconnect geometry on the evolution of stresses in a solar photovoltaic laminate during and after lamination

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From cells to laminate: probing and modeling residual stress evolution in thin silicon photovoltaic modules using synchrotron X-ray micro-diffraction experiments and finite element simulations

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Probing stress and fracture mechanism in encapsulated thin silicon solar cells by synchrotron X-ray microdiffraction

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Silicon heterojunction solar cell with interdigitated back contacts for a photoconversion efficiency over 26%

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Manufacturing metrology for c-Si photovoltaic module reliability and durability, Part I: Feedstock, crystallization and wafering

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Manufacturing metrology for c-Si module reliability and durability Part II: Cell manufacturing

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Manufacturing metrology for c-Si module reliability and durability Part III: Module manufacturing

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A review of interconnection technologies for improved crystalline silicon solar cell photovoltaic module assembly

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Fracture Testing at Small-Length Scales: From Plasticity in Si to Brittleness in Pt

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Can microscale fracture tests provide reliable fracture toughness values? A case study in silicon

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Enabling thin silicon technologies for next generation c-Si solar PV renewable energy systems using synchrotron X-ray microdiffraction as stress and crack mechanism probe

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Systematic investigation of cracks in encapsulated solar cells after mechanical loading

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A wafer-based monocrystalline silicon photovoltaics road map: Utilizing known technology improvement opportunities for further reductions in manufacturing costs

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Modeling and testing the mechanical strength of solar cells

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Mechanical Strength of Silicon Wafers Cut by Loose Abrasive Slurry and Fixed Abrasive Diamond Wire Sawing

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Measurement of stresses in Cu and Si around through-silicon via by synchrotron X-ray microdiffraction for 3-dimensional integrated circuits

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Effect of silicon solar cell processing parameters and crystallinity on mechanical strength

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