EPJ Photovoltaics

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Optimized amorphous silicon nitride layers for the front side passivation of c-Si PERC solar cells

Asmaa Mohamed Okasha Mohamed Okasha, Bishal Kafle, Benjamin Torda, Christopher Teßmann and Marc Hofmann

EPJ Photovolt., 11 (2020) 6

Published online: 29 May 2020
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Study of transport parameters and defect states in thin film perovskites under different environments − air or vacuum − and after light-soaking

Christophe Longeaud

EPJ Photovolt., 11 (2020) 5

Published online: 26 February 2020
Disordered Semiconductors and Photovoltaic Applications

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Electrical characterization of low temperature plasma epitaxial Si grown on highly doped Si substrates

Cyril Leon, Sylvain Le Gall, Marie-Estelle Gueunier-Farret, Jean-Paul Kleider and Pere Roca i Cabarrocas

EPJ Photovolt., 11 (2020) 4

Published online: 10 February 2020
Disordered Semiconductors and Photovoltaic Applications

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Impact of PECVD μc-Si:H deposition on tunnel oxide for passivating contacts

Anatole Desthieux, Jorge Posada, Pierre-Philippe Grand, Cédric Broussillou, Barbara Bazer-Bachi, Gilles Goaer, Davina Messou, Muriel Bouttemy, Etienne Drahi and Pere Roca i Cabarrocas

EPJ Photovolt., 11 (2020) 3

Published online: 04 February 2020
Disordered Semiconductors and Photovoltaic Applications

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Nanomolded buried light-scattering (BLiS) back-reflectors using dielectric nanoparticles for light harvesting in thin-film silicon solar cells

Derese Desta, Rita Rizzoli, Caterina Summonte, Rui N. Pereira, Arne Nylandsted Larsen, Peter Balling and Sanjay K. Ram

EPJ Photovolt., 11 (2020) 2

Published online: 04 February 2020
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Geometrical optimization for a photovoltaic installation equipped with flat reflectors based on plane of array estimations

Christine Abdel Nour, Anne Migan-Dubois, Jordi Badosa, Vincent Bourdin, Claude Marchand and Tilda Akiki

EPJ Photovolt., 11 (2020) 1

Published online: 31 January 2020
Topical Issue: From advanced materials and technologies to multiscale integration and usages

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The effect of the recombination mechanisms location on the temperature sensitivity of thin-film photovoltaic cells

N. Kata, D. Diouf, A. Darga and A. Seidou Maiga

EPJ Photovolt., 10 (2019) 8

Published online: 08 October 2019
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Solar investment risk mitigation − are we all on the same page?

Thomas C. Sauer

EPJ Photovolt., 10 (2019) 7

Published online: 23 September 2019

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