EPJ Photovoltaics

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

Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2025: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics', edited by Robert Kenny and Carlos del Cañizo

Open Access

Influence of irradiance and drone altitude in infrared thermography inspections of photovoltaic plants

Rodrigo del Prado Santamaría, Gisele Alves dos Reis Benatto, Mahmoud Dhimish, Timurhan Koc, Rizal Friansyah, Thøger Kari, Aysha Mahmood, Peter Behrensdorff Poulsen and Sergiu Viorel Spataru

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 31

Published online: 02 December 2025
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2025: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics', edited by Robert Kenny and Carlos del Cañizo

Open Access

Industrial implementation of 24%-efficient POLO IBC solar cells and future upgrade to 26%-efficient POLO² IBC

Thorsten Dullweber, Yevgeniya Larionova, Philip Jäger, Verena Mertens, Sabrina Schimanke, Melanie Ripke, Ulrike Baumann, Alaa Osman, Udo Römer, Robby Peibst et al. (7 more)

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 30

Published online: 27 November 2025
Open Access

Techno-economic evaluation of grid-connected PV generation system based on net metering scheme 3.0 for commercial buildings in Malaysia

Muhammad Hafeez Mohamed Hariri, Muhammad Imran Joohari, Amir Rabani Abd Halim, Nor Azizah Binti Mohd Yusoff and Mohamad Kamarol Mohd Jamil

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 29

Published online: 25 November 2025
Open Access

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
Open Access

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

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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

Open Access

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

Open Access

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

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EPJ Photovoltaics

Influence of irradiance and drone altitude in infrared thermography inspections of photovoltaic plants

Industrial implementation of 24%-efficient POLO IBC solar cells and future upgrade to 26%-efficient POLO² IBC

Techno-economic evaluation of grid-connected PV generation system based on net metering scheme 3.0 for commercial buildings in Malaysia

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

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

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

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