EPJ Photovoltaics

Modelling

Open Access

Impact of the contacting scheme on I-V measurements of metallization-free silicon heterojunction solar cells

Malte Brinkmann, Felix Haase, Karsten Bothe, Karsten Bittkau, Andreas Lambertz, Weiyuan Duan, Kaining Ding, Hans-Peter Sperlich, Andreas Waltinger and Henning Schulte-Huxel

Published online: 26 April 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2023009

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

Published online: 27 February 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2023005

Open Access

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

Published online: 27 February 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2023003

Open Access

Combining circularity and environmental metrics to assess material flows of PV silicon

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

Published online: 23 February 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2022031

Open Access

Every cell needs a beautiful image: on-the-fly contacting measurements for high-throughput production

Leslie Kurumundayil, Klaus Ramspeck, Stefan Rein and Matthias Demant

Published online: 07 February 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2022033

Semiconductor Thin Films

Open Access

Laser-based monolithic series interconnection of two-terminal perovskite-CIGSe tandem solar cells: determination of the optimal scribe line properties

Christof Schultz, Guillermo Antonio Farias Basulto, Nicolas Otto, Janardan Dagar, Andreas Bartelt, Rutger Schlatmann, Eva Unger and Bert Stegemann

Published online: 30 March 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2023007

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

Published online: 09 January 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2022030

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)

Published online: 09 January 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2022027

Open Access

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

Published online: 08 December 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2022026

High Efficiency Materials and Devices - New concepts

Open Access

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

Published online: 07 March 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2023004

Open Access

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

Published online: 07 February 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2022034

Open Access

Ultra-lightweight and flexible inverted metamorphic four junction solar cells for space applications

Malte Klitzke, Jonas Schön, Rosalinda H. Van Leest, Gunther M.M.W. Bissels, Elias Vlieg, Michael Schachtner, Frank Dimroth and David Lackner

Published online: 18 November 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2022024

Open Access

Overview and loss analysis of III–V single-junction and multi-junction solar cells

Masafumi Yamaguchi, Frank Dimroth, Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes, Nobuaki Kojima and Yoshio Ohshita

Published online: 14 October 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2022020

Optics of Thin Films, TCOs

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

Published online: 24 January 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2022035

Modules and Systems

Open Access

How cool is floating PV? A state-of-the-art review of floating PV's potential gain and computational fluid dynamics modeling to find its root cause

Gofran Chowdhury, Mohamed Haggag and Jef Poortmans

Published online: 04 August 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2023015

Open Access

In situ minority carrier lifetime via fast modulated photoluminescence

Mateusz Poplawski, François Silva, Jean-Charles Vanel and Pere Roca i Cabarrocas

Published online: 17 May 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2023010

Open Access

Evaluating the effects of photovoltaic module heating during electroluminescence inspection

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

Published online: 16 March 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2023002

Open Access

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

Published online: 10 February 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2023001

Open Access

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

Published online: 27 January 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2022032

Open Access

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

Published online: 09 January 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2022028

Deployment

Open Access

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

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

Published online: 21 March 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2023006

Socio-economic impact

Open Access

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

Published online: 27 January 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2022029

EPJ Photovoltaics

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

Modelling

Semiconductor Thin Films

High Efficiency Materials and Devices - New concepts

Optics of Thin Films, TCOs

Modules and Systems

Deployment

Socio-economic impact