Heat induced in a finite Silver Selenide slab by an external pulsed laser source is studied in dimensionless scale according to hyperbolic heat conduction model (HHCE) using Laplace integral transform technique. The temperature profile, the critical time required to initiate phase transition and that to initiate damage at the front surface are obtained for different pulses and are illustrated graphically.

Heating a solar cell subjected to incident solar irradiance is studied. Laplace Integral Transform technique is applied to get the temperature field within the cell. The efficiency as a function of the cell temperature is estimated, and its variation with the local day time is thus clarified. Different cooling levels are considered. An illustrative example is given. The results show that the diurnal temperature variation of the cell is significant, while the efficiency is revealed to be a slowly varying function of temperature along the day time. It is revealed that as the temperature of the cell increases the efficiency decreases. Thus shading and cooling conditions may be useful to increase its efficiency.

Lasers of high power densities are useful for a variety of material processing techniques. Laser heating of a finite homogeneous Silver Selenide slab is studied according to the hyperbolic heat conduction model. Laplace Integral transform technique is used to get the solution. This material suffers phase transition from semiconductor to metallic phase at 403 K. It has vital technological applications. The obtained temperature field makes it possible to determine the time required to initiate phase transition or melting. The functional dependence of the obtained functions is revealed. Different laser power densities are considered as illustrative examples.