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Status report on emerging photovoltaics

  • Annick Anctil
  • , Meghan N. Beattie
  • , Christopher Case
  • , Aditya Chaudhary
  • , Benjamin D. Chrysler
  • , Michael G. Debije
  • , Stephanie Essig
  • , David K. Ferry
  • , Vivian E. Ferry
  • , Marina Freitag
  • , Isaac Gould
  • , Karin Hinzer
  • , Harald Hoppe
  • , Olle Inganas
  • , Lethy Krishnan Jagadamma
  • , Min Hun Jee
  • , Raymond K. Kostuk
  • , Daniel Kirk
  • , Stephan Kube
  • , Minyoung Lim
  • Joseph M. Luther, Lorelle Mansfield, Michael D. McGehee, Duong Nguyen Minh, Preeti Nain, Matthew O. Reese, Angele Reinders, Ifor D.W. Samuel*, Wilfried Van Sark, Hele Savin, Ian R. Sellers, Sean E. Shaheen*, Zheng Tang, Fatima Toor*, Ville Vahanissi, Ella Wassweiler, Emily L. Warren, Vincent R. Whiteside, Han Young Woo, Gang Xiong, Xitong Zhu
*Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Ottawa
  • University of Stuttgart
  • Amazon
  • Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Arizona State University
  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  • Newcastle University
  • University of Colorado Boulder
  • Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • Linköping University
  • University of St Andrews
  • Korea University
  • University of Arizona
  • Heliatek GmbH
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • Utrecht University
  • State University of New York at Buffalo
  • Donghua University
  • University of Iowa
  • First Solar, Inc.
  • University of Oklahoma
  • Michigan State University
  • Oxford Photovoltaics Limited

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Abstract

This report provides a snapshot of emerging photovoltaic (PV) technologies. It consists of concise contributions from experts in a wide range of fields including silicon, thin film, III-V, perovskite, organic, and dye-sensitized PVs. Strategies for exceeding the detailed balance limit and for light managing are presented, followed by a section detailing key applications and commercialization pathways. A section on sustainability then discusses the need for minimization of the environmental footprint in PV manufacturing and recycling. The report concludes with a perspective based on broad survey questions presented to the contributing authors regarding the needs and future evolution of PV.

Original languageEnglish
Article number042301
JournalJournal of Photonics for Energy
Volume13
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2023
MoE publication typeA2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review

Funding

This report was edited by Fatima Toor, Ifor D.W. Samuel, and Sean E. Shaheen. Annick Anctil acknowledges grant support from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET): Environmental Sustainability of Photovoltaics in the US (CAREER award no. 2044886). Raymond K. Kostuk and Benjamin D. Chrysler would like to acknowledge that the US NSF and DOE provided funding for the QESST Engineering Research Center (award no. EEC-1041895) for support of their research. Benjamin D. Chrysler would like to acknowledge support from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (award no. DGE-1143953). Hele Savin and Ville Vähänissi would like to acknowledge the provision of facilities and technical support by Micronova Nanofabrication Centre in Espoo, Finland, within the OtaNano research infrastructure at Aalto University. Hele Savin and Ville Vähänissi would also like to acknowledge funding provided by the Flagship on Photonics Research and Innovation “PREIN” (#346529) funded by the Research Council of Finland. H. Y. Woo acknowledges financial support from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea (2019R1A6A1A11044070). This work was authored in part by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), operated by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, for the US DOE under contract no. DE-AC36-08GO28308. Funding provided by the US DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and the Renewable Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office under award nos. 38257 and 38266. NREL authors Duong Nguyen Minh and Joseph M. Luther also acknowledge support from the Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund of the US Department of Defense. The views expressed in the article do not necessarily represent the views of the DOE or the US Government (USG). The USG retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the USG retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this work, or allow others to do so, for USG purposes.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  2. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  3. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

  • agrivoltaics
  • detailed balance
  • indoor PV
  • light management
  • photovoltaics
  • recycling
  • solar cells
  • sustainable manufacturing
  • tandem PV

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