Assessment and analysis of polydimethylsiloxane-coated solar photovoltaic panels for cost-efficient solutions

Table 3 Mode A (microcracks), Mode B (less severe cracks), Mode C (severe cracks with dark region) coordinates for bare and coated panels

Crack mode	Bare panel	PDMS/Sylgard coated panel	nano-CaCO₃-PDMS/Sylgard coated panel
Mode A	-	(4,2), (6,1), (6,2), (7,3), (10,2), (10,3), (12,3)	(5,2), (11,1), (12,2)
Mode B	(5,2), (9,2), (9,3), (10,2), (10,3), (11,1) [~ 9.7%]^a	(3,3), (4,1), (7,2), (8,3) [~ 7.2%]^a	(6,1), (8,1), (5,2), (7,2) [~ 5.5%]^a
Mode C	(9,2) [~ 0.03%]^a	-	(8,1), (11,1) [~ 0.04%]^a

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