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IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (J-PV) is a peer-reviewed, archival publication reporting original and signifi cant research results that advance the fi eld of photovoltaics.PV is diverse in its science base ranging from semiconductor and PV device physics to optics and the materials sciences.The journal publishes articles that connect this science base to PV science and technology.The intent is to publish original research results that are of primary interest to the photovoltaic specialist.The scope of the J-PV incorporates: fundamentals and new concepts of PV conversion, including those based on nanostructured materials, low-dimensional physics, multiple charge generation, up/down converters, thermophotovoltaics, hot-carrier effects, plasmonics, metamorphic materials, luminescent concentrators, and rectennas; Si-based PV, including new cell designs, crystalline and non-crystalline Si, passivation, characterization and Si crystal growth; polycrystalline, amorphous and crystalline thin-fi lm solar cell materials, including PV structures and solar cells based on II-VI, chalcopyrite, Si and other thin fi lm absorbers; III-V PV materials, heterostructures, multijunction devices and concentrator PV; optics for light trapping, refl ection control and concentration; organic PV including polymer, hybrid and dye sensitized solar cells; space PV including cell materials and PV devices, defects and reliability, environmental effects and protective materials; PV modeling and characterization methods; and other aspects of PV, including modules, power conditioning, inverters, balance-of-systems components, monitoring, analyses and simulations, and supporting PV module standards and measurements.Tutorials and review papers on these subjects are also published and occasionally special issues are published to treat particular areas in more depth and breadth.