EPJ Photovoltaics

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

Open Access

Design, manufacture and characterization of compact optics for micro-CPV

Corentin Jouanneau, Marius Denain, Léo Guernion, Thomas Bidaud, Konan Kouame, Maxime Weiss, Artur Turala, David Danovitch, Jean-François Bryche, Maxime Darnon and Gwenaëlle Hamon

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 27

Published online: 03 June 2025
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2024: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Robert Kenny and Gabriele Eder

Open Access

Reducing process time of PV module lamination by using double-side heating system

Sraisth, Djamel Eddine Mansour, Aksel Kaan Öz, Paul Gebhardt, Daniel Klaus and Christine Wellens

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 26

Published online: 03 June 2025
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2024: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Robert Kenny and Gabriele Eder

Open Access

Analysis of fault detection and defect categorization in photovoltaic inverters for enhanced reliability and efficiency in large-scale solar energy systems

Stephanie Malik, David Daßler, Dharm Patel, Carola Klute, Robert Klengel, Andreas Dietrich, Kai Kaufmann, Carsten Hennig, Danny Wehnert and Matthias Ebert

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 25

Published online: 27 May 2025
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2024: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Robert Kenny and Gabriele Eder

Open Access

Decoding pixels: A modular software prototype for cognitive image-based diagnostics of PV plants

John Ioannis A. Tsanakas and Philippe Marechal

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 24

Published online: 20 May 2025
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2024: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Robert Kenny and Gabriele Eder

Open Access

Redefining failure detection in PV Systems: a comparative study of GPT-4o and ResNet's computer vision in aerial infrared imagery analysis

Sandra Gallmetzer, Mousa Sondoqah, Evelyn Turri, Lukas Koester, Atse Louwen and David Moser

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 23

Published online: 06 May 2025
Open Access

Snapshot of photovoltaics − March 2025

Arnulf Jäger-Waldau

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 22

Published online: 06 May 2025
Open Access

On the annual energy yield of perovskite/silicon tandem modules with different bottom cell technologies and optimized top cell properties for different locations

Manvika Singh, Jacopo Finazzo, Youri Blom, Mahesh Jayan, Carlos Ruiz Tobon, Arthur Weeber, Miroslav Zeman, Rudi Santbergen and Olindo Isabella

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 21

Published online: 03 April 2025
Special Issue on ‘EU PVSEC 2024: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Robert Kenny and Gabriele Eder

Open Access

Public road driving tests of Toyota Prius equipped with high-efficiency III-V triple-junction PV modules

Taizo Masuda, Masafumi Yamaguchi, Shinya Iwasaki, Takashi Nakado, Tatsuya Takamoto and Kensuke Nishioka

EPJ Photovolt., 16 (2025) 20

Published online: 17 March 2025

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EPJ Photovoltaics

Design, manufacture and characterization of compact optics for micro-CPV

Reducing process time of PV module lamination by using double-side heating system

Analysis of fault detection and defect categorization in photovoltaic inverters for enhanced reliability and efficiency in large-scale solar energy systems

Decoding pixels: A modular software prototype for cognitive image-based diagnostics of PV plants

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On the annual energy yield of perovskite/silicon tandem modules with different bottom cell technologies and optimized top cell properties for different locations

Public road driving tests of Toyota Prius equipped with high-efficiency III-V triple-junction PV modules

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

The effect of partial shading on the reliability of photovoltaic modules in the built-environment

Life cycle assessment of an innovative high-value-recovery crystalline silicon photovoltaic recycling process − the environmental impacts and benefits

Snapshot of photovoltaics − February 2024

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

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

The effect of partial shading on the reliability of photovoltaic modules in the built-environment

Snapshot of photovoltaics − February 2024

Advanced TOPCon solar cells with patterned p-type poly-Si fingers on the front side and vanishing metal induced recombination losses

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

The effect of partial shading on the reliability of photovoltaic modules in the built-environment

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Snapshot of photovoltaics − February 2024

Contactless defects detection using modulated photoluminescence technique: model for a single Shockley-Read-Hall trap in a semiconductor thin layer

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