Critical metals are technologically vital to the functionality of various emerging technologies,
yet they have a potentially unstable supply. This condition calls for strategic planning based …

Deployment of clean energy technologies will require a considerable amount of materials.
The surge in demand for metals related to emerging energy technologies may hinder the …

Solar photovoltaics have great promise for a low-carbon future but remain expensive relative
to other technologies. Greatly increased penetration of photovoltaics into global energy …

The requirements for neodymium, dysprosium, lithium, and cobalt in power generation,
storage and transport technologies until 2050 under six global energy scenarios are …

The demand for energy and consequently the emissions from energy generation have been
increasing in recent years at rapid rates, leading to an urgent need for cleaner technologies …

The transition from a fossil fuel base to a renewable energy system relies on materials and,
in particular, metals to manufacture and maintain energy conversion technologies. Supply …

The objective of this paper is to discuss to what extent materials availability could restrain
the expansion of PV systems based on CdTe, CIGS, aSiGe and nanocrystalline dye …

The bulk of developmental work on transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) has been
somewhat empirical. This statement applies both to more familiar materials such as indium …

Sustainable management of materials and products requires continuous evaluation of
numerous complex social, ecological, and economic factors. A number of tools and methods …

Thin‐film solar cells with Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGS) absorber layers ranging from 1.8 to 0.15 μm
in thickness were fabricated by co‐evaporation, with both homogeneous and Ga/(Ga+ In) …