Add to Calendar   Thursday, June 11, 2026 1:30 PM Thursday, June 11, 2026 3:00 PM ET Fracture and Cracks in Photovoltaic Modules PVSC aYaMRExkLzQZmPlsLmNx65599
Fracture and Cracks in Photovoltaic Modules
  Thursday, June 11, 2026           1:30 PM - 3:00 PM ET
 


Moderators
Dennice Roberts, Archana Sinha

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Presentations
1:30 REDUCING GLASS BREAKAGE RISK IN PV SYSTEMS
Timothy J Silverman2, Elizabeth C Palmiotti1, Michael G Deceglie1, E Ashley Gaulding1. 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA 2Photovoltaic Materials and Devices Group, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
2:00 A NOVEL OPTIMIZED HAIL TESTING APPROACH FOR ACCURATE EVALUATION OF PV MODULE DURABILITY
Yuanjie Yu1, Zhichao Song1, Philippe Gregoire2, ruirui Lv1, Tao Xu1. 1No. 199 Lushan Road, Suzhou New District, Suzhou, China 24273 King St. East, Suite 102, Kitchener, ON, Canada
2:15 USING FRACTOGRAPHY TO TRACE CRACKS IN PV MODULES TO THE ORIGIN
E. Ashley Gaulding1, Elizabeth C. Palmiotti1, Timothy J Silverman1, William B. Hobbs2, Michael G. Deceglie1. 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA 2Southern Company, Birmingham, AL, USA
2:30 INVESTIGATION OF BACKSHEET CRACKING IN TRIPLE-LAYERED PHOTOVOLTAIC BACKSHEET INNER LAYERS
Stefan Mitterhofer1, Zelin Li1, Song Syun Jhang1, Yu Wen Ho1, Ashlee R. Aiello2, Karissa L. Jensen2, Xiaohong Gu2, Michael D. Kempe3, William B. Hobbs4, Liang Ji5. 1Associate, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA 2National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA 3National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA 4Southern Company, Birmingham, AL, USA 5UL Solutions (retired), Northbrook, IL, USA
2:45 PVCRACKS: PYTHON REPOSITORY FOR ELECTROLUMINESCENCE IMAGE PROCESSING, CURRENT-VOLTAGE CURVE FITTING AND POWER LOSS ESTIMATION
Norman Jost1, Brandon K. Byford1, Rodrigo d. Prado Santamaria2, Clifford W. Hansen1, Jennifer L. Braid1. 1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA 2Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark