EPJ Photovoltaics

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

Special Issue on ‘Recent Advances in Photovoltaics 2025, edited by Marie Gueunier Farret, Judikaël Le Rouzo and Thomas Fix’

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Surface passivation optimization with boron-doped polycrystalline silicon contacts on textured silicon for photovoltaic applications

Clarisse Laurens-Berge, Raphaël Cabal and Sébastien Dubois

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 27

Published online: 03 July 2026
Special Issue on ‘Recent Advances in Photovoltaics 2025, edited by Marie Gueunier Farret, Judikaël Le Rouzo and Thomas Fix’

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Environmental aging of CaZrO_3-xS_x oxychalcogenide perovskite thin films

Hussain Althubyani, Walid Couif, Patrick Pearson, Aziz Dinia and Thomas Fix

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 26

Published online: 03 July 2026
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2025: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics', edited by Robert Kenny and Carlos del Cañizo

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Impact of cell cracks on performance of PV modules with current cell technologies

Ahmad Hashem, Zonghan Jiang, Guido Willers, Leila Mortazavifar, Bengt Jaeckel and Ralph Gottschalg

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 25

Published online: 03 July 2026
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Performance assessment of advanced static reconfiguration strategies to address realistic shading of solar arrays

Ilyas Mimoun, Youcef Mihoub, Pierre-Olivier Logerais, Khairullah Mohammed Karam, Mahamadou Abdou Tankari, Aicha Asri and Said Hassaine

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 24

Published online: 03 July 2026
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2025: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics', edited by Robert Kenny and Carlos del Cañizo

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Modeling partial shading at the cell level on photovoltaic modules

Jean-Paul Calin, Jacques Levrat, Antonin Faes, Fahradin Mujovi, Paul Rémondeau, Kléber Nicolet-dit-Félix, Bénédicte Bonnet-Eymard, Didier Dalmazzone, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser and Christophe Ballif

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 23

Published online: 22 June 2026
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2025: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics', edited by Robert Kenny and Carlos del Cañizo

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Simulation-based insights into light soaking and light-induced degradation in perovskite solar cells

Guillem Álvarez Pérez, Karim Medjoubi, Arthur Julien, Jean-Baptiste Puel and Jean-François Guillemoles

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 22

Published online: 11 June 2026
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Agrivoltaics in practice: forms and drivers of conflicts

Zoé Zerbib, Xavier Arnauld de Sartre and Frédéric Wurtz

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 21

Published online: 13 May 2026
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2025: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics', edited by Robert Kenny and Carlos del Cañizo

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Enhanced value of grid-connected PV with battery storage in a negative price environment

Djaber Berrian, Gaurang Chhapia, René VanBaal and Johannes Linder

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 20

Published online: 08 May 2026

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