EPJ Photovoltaics

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

Special Issue on ‘WCPEC-8: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Alessandra Scognamiglio, Robert Kenny, Shuzi Hayase and Arno Smets

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Energy performance of commercial c-Si PV modules in accordance with IEC 61853-1, -2 and impact on the annual specific yield

Christos Monokroussos, Yating Zhang, Eleanor W. Lee, Frank Xu, Allen Zhou, Yichi Zhang and Werner Herrmann

EPJ Photovolt., 14 (2023) 6

Published online: 27 January 2023
Special Issue on ‘WCPEC-8: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Alessandra Scognamiglio, Robert Kenny, Shuzi Hayase and Arno Smets

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Insights into circular material and waste flows from c-Si PV industry

Peter Brailovsky, Kerstin Baumann, Michael Held, Ann-Kathrin Briem, Karsten Wambach, Estelle Gervais, Sina Herceg, Boris Mertvoy, Sebastian Nold and Jochen Rentsch

EPJ Photovolt., 14 (2023) 5

Published online: 27 January 2023
Special Issue on ‘WCPEC-8: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Alessandra Scognamiglio, Robert Kenny, Shuzi Hayase and Arno Smets

Open Access

A self-consistent hybrid model connects empirical and optical models for fast, non-destructive inline characterization of thin, porous silicon layers

Alexandra Wörnhör, Matthias Demant, Henri Vahlman and Stefan Rein

EPJ Photovolt., 14 (2023) 4

Published online: 24 January 2023
Special Issue on ‘WCPEC-8: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Alessandra Scognamiglio, Robert Kenny, Shuzi Hayase and Arno Smets

Open Access

A direct measure of positive feedback loop-gain due to reverse bias damage in thin-film solar cells using lock-in thermography

Suheir Nofal, Bart E. Pieters, Markus Hülsbeck, Christoph Zahren, Andreas Gerber and Uwe Rau

EPJ Photovolt., 14 (2023) 3

Published online: 09 January 2023
Special Issue on ‘WCPEC-8: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Alessandra Scognamiglio, Robert Kenny, Shuzi Hayase and Arno Smets

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Effect of the cooling rate on encapsulant's crystallinity and optical properties, and photovoltaic modules' lifetime

Vincent Meslier, Bertrand Chambion, Amandine Boulanger, Ichrak Rahmoun, Fabien Chabuel and Timea Bejat

EPJ Photovolt., 14 (2023) 2

Published online: 09 January 2023
Special Issue on ‘WCPEC-8: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Alessandra Scognamiglio, Robert Kenny, Shuzi Hayase and Arno Smets

Open Access

Epitaxy and characterization of InP/InGaAs tandem solar cells grown by MOVPE on InP and Si substrates

Stefano Soresi, Mattia da Lisca, Claire Besancon, Nicolas Vaissiere, Alexandre Larrue, Cosimo Calo, José Alvarez, Christophe Longeaud, Ludovic Largeau, Pablo Garcia Linares et al. (3 more)

EPJ Photovolt., 14 (2023) 1

Published online: 09 January 2023
Special Issue on ‘WCPEC-8: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Alessandra Scognamiglio, Robert Kenny, Shuzi Hayase and Arno Smets

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Impact of Ag content on device properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ solar cells

Ana Kanevce, Stephanie Essig, Stefan Paetel, Wolfram Hempel, Dimitrios Hariskos and Theresa Magorian Friedlmeier

EPJ Photovolt., 13 (2022) 28

Published online: 08 December 2022
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Detection of microcracks and dark spots in monocrystalline PERC cells using photoluminescene imaging and YOLO-based CNN with spatial pyramid pooling

Amran Binomairah, Azizi Abdullah, Bee Ee Khoo, Zeinab Mahdavipour, Teow Wee Teo, Nor Shahirah Mohd Noor and Mohd Zaid Abdullah

EPJ Photovolt., 13 (2022) 27

Published online: 06 December 2022

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