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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Benchmark of eight commercial solutions for deterministic intra-day solar forecast

Jonathan Lehmann, Christian Koessler, Lina Ruiz Gomez and Stijn Scheerlinck

EPJ Photovolt., 14 (2023) 15

Published online: 21 March 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

Evaluating the effects of photovoltaic module heating during electroluminescence inspection

Lukas Koester, Emanuel Vallarella, Atse Louwen, Sascha Lindig and David Moser

EPJ Photovolt., 14 (2023) 14

Published online: 16 March 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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Assessing the long-term stability of laser enhanced contact optimization (LECO) treated PERC cells in PV modules by extended indoor and outdoor durability tests

Eve Krassowski, Bengt Jaeckel, Matthias Pander, David Daßler and Stephanie Malik

EPJ Photovolt., 14 (2023) 13

Published online: 07 March 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

Identifying defects on solar cells using magnetic field measurements and artificial intelligence trained by a finite-element-model

Kjell Buehler, Kai Kaufmann, Markus Patzold, Mawe Sprenger and Stephan Schoenfelder

EPJ Photovolt., 14 (2023) 12

Published online: 27 February 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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Simulation of the irradiance and yield calculation of bifacial PV systems in the USA and Germany by combining ray tracing and view factor model

Eva-Maria Grommes, Felix Schemann, Frederik Klag, Sebastian Nows and Ulf Blieske

EPJ Photovolt., 14 (2023) 11

Published online: 27 February 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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Combining circularity and environmental metrics to assess material flows of PV silicon

Aistis Rapolas Zubas, Marie Fischer, Estelle Gervais, Sina Herceg and Sebastian Nold

EPJ Photovolt., 14 (2023) 10

Published online: 23 February 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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Advanced UV-fluorescence image analysis for early detection of PV-power degradation

Lukas Neumaier, Gabriele C. Eder, Yuliya Voronko, Karl A. Berger, Gusztáv Újvári and Karl Knöbl

EPJ Photovolt., 14 (2023) 9

Published online: 10 February 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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Model for contact formation of novel TeO₂ containing Pb-free silver paste on n⁺ and p⁺ doped crystalline silicon

Fabian Geml, Benjamin Gapp, Simon Johnson, Patricia Sutton, Angela Goode, Jonathan Booth, Heiko Plagwitz and Giso Hahn

EPJ Photovolt., 14 (2023) 8

Published online: 07 February 2023

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