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

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Strategy for simple, on-site failure analysis: investigating bubbles and burn marks in backsheets of PV modules

Bernhardt Käßer, Aline Kirsten Vidal de Oliveira, Oleksandr Mashkov, Lucas Nascimento, Ricardo Rüther, I. Marius Peters and Claudia Buerhop-Lutz

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 7

Published online: 06 February 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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Characterization of mechanically recovered photovoltaic encapsulants and backsheets as potential feedstocks for pyrolysis chemical recycling

Caroline Grand, Melissa N. Dunkle, Wolfram Palitzsch, Adriana Ferreira and Guy Beaucarne

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 6

Published online: 03 February 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 the electrical mismatch caused by potential-induced degradation in crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and strings

Aysha Mahmood, Gisele Alves dos Reis Benatto, Sune Thorsteinsson, Peter Behrensdorff Poulsen and Sergiu Viorel Spataru

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 5

Published online: 26 January 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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Characterization and analysis of reverse breakdown voltage onset of solar cells with different cell architectures

Bengt Jaeckel, Jens Froebel, Matthias Pander, Andreas Maixner and Hamed Hanifi

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 4

Published online: 26 January 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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Assessing tracker availability in 2 GW solar power plants

Giuliano Luchetta Martins, Lucas Z. Sergio, Maitheli Nikam, Gofran Chowdhury, Elena Koumpli and Jan Muller

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 3

Published online: 16 January 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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Vehicle integrated photovoltaics module architecture optimization under dynamic shading

Ricardo Moruno, Luis San José, Rubén Núñez, Rebeca Herrero and Ignacio Antón Hernández

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 2

Published online: 16 January 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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Integration of solar PV in a Norwegian energy system, navigating the trade-offs between land use and solar power production

Petry Kristine Nøttum Haaland, Magnus Korpås and Ole-Morten Midtgård

EPJ Photovolt., 17 (2026) 1

Published online: 13 January 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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Co-simulating photovoltaics and environments: a proof-of-concept for solar forecasting operation

Baptiste Amiot, Joseph Vernier, Baptiste Berlioux, Benoît Cuilhé, Rémi Le Berre, Sylvain Edouard and Martin Ferrand

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 33

Published online: 09 January 2026

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