EPJ Photovoltaics

Open Access journal which publishes original, peer-reviewed papers focused in the field of photovoltaic solar energy conversion.

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Towards crack free fabrication of interconnect shingled solar modules through wire length and wire-end geometry control

Chencheng Xu, Bettina Wolpensinger, Iris Kunze, Henning Schulte-Huxel and Marc Köntges

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 28

Published online: 08 October 2025
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Design, manufacture and characterization of compact optics for micro-CPV

Corentin Jouanneau, Marius Denain, Léo Guernion, Thomas Bidaud, Konan Kouame, Maxime Weiss, Artur Turala, David Danovitch, Jean-François Bryche, Maxime Darnon and Gwenaëlle Hamon

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 27

Published online: 03 June 2025
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2024: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Robert Kenny and Gabriele Eder

Open Access

Reducing process time of PV module lamination by using double-side heating system

Sraisth, Djamel Eddine Mansour, Aksel Kaan Öz, Paul Gebhardt, Daniel Klaus and Christine Wellens

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 26

Published online: 03 June 2025
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2024: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Robert Kenny and Gabriele Eder

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Analysis of fault detection and defect categorization in photovoltaic inverters for enhanced reliability and efficiency in large-scale solar energy systems

Stephanie Malik, David Daßler, Dharm Patel, Carola Klute, Robert Klengel, Andreas Dietrich, Kai Kaufmann, Carsten Hennig, Danny Wehnert and Matthias Ebert

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 25

Published online: 27 May 2025
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2024: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Robert Kenny and Gabriele Eder

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Decoding pixels: A modular software prototype for cognitive image-based diagnostics of PV plants

John Ioannis A. Tsanakas and Philippe Marechal

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 24

Published online: 20 May 2025
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2024: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Robert Kenny and Gabriele Eder

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Redefining failure detection in PV Systems: a comparative study of GPT-4o and ResNet's computer vision in aerial infrared imagery analysis

Sandra Gallmetzer, Mousa Sondoqah, Evelyn Turri, Lukas Koester, Atse Louwen and David Moser

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 23

Published online: 06 May 2025
Open Access

Snapshot of photovoltaics − March 2025

Arnulf Jäger-Waldau

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 22

Published online: 06 May 2025
Open Access

On the annual energy yield of perovskite/silicon tandem modules with different bottom cell technologies and optimized top cell properties for different locations

Manvika Singh, Jacopo Finazzo, Youri Blom, Mahesh Jayan, Carlos Ruiz Tobon, Arthur Weeber, Miroslav Zeman, Rudi Santbergen and Olindo Isabella

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 21

Published online: 03 April 2025

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Towards crack free fabrication of interconnect shingled solar modules through wire length and wire-end geometry control

Design, manufacture and characterization of compact optics for micro-CPV

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Solar energy on the Moon for fixed or tracked photovoltaic systems

Improving photovoltaic module efficiency using water sprinklers, air fans, and combined cooling systems

Advanced TOPCon solar cells with patterned p-type poly-Si fingers on the front side and vanishing metal induced recombination losses

The effect of partial shading on the reliability of photovoltaic modules in the built-environment

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