Status and perspectives of crystalline silicon photovoltaics in research and industry

C Ballif, FJ Haug, M Boccard, PJ Verlinden… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaics has long been considered energy intensive and
costly. Over the past decades, spectacular improvements along the manufacturing chain …

Pathways toward commercial perovskite/silicon tandem photovoltaics

E Aydin, TG Allen, M De Bastiani, A Razzaq, L Xu… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells offer a promising route to increase the power
conversion efficiency of crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells beyond the theoretical single …

Engineering ligand reactivity enables high-temperature operation of stable perovskite solar cells

SM Park, M Wei, J Xu, HR Atapattu, FT Eickemeyer… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) consisting of interfacial two-and three-dimensional
heterostructures that incorporate ammonium ligand intercalation have enabled rapid …

Impact of declining renewable energy costs on electrification in low-emission scenarios

G Luderer, S Madeddu, L Merfort, F Ueckerdt, M Pehl… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Cost degression in photovoltaics, wind-power and battery storage has been faster than
previously anticipated. In the future, climate policy to limit global warming to 1.5–2° C will …

On the history and future of 100% renewable energy systems research

C Breyer, S Khalili, D Bogdanov, M Ram… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Research on 100% renewable energy systems is a relatively recent phenomenon. It was
initiated in the mid-1970s, catalyzed by skyrocketing oil prices. Since the mid-2000s, it has …

[HTML][HTML] Low-cost renewable electricity as the key driver of the global energy transition towards sustainability

D Bogdanov, M Ram, A Aghahosseini, A Gulagi… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change threats and the necessity to achieve global Sustainable Development Goals
demand unprecedented economic and social shifts around the world, including a …

A critical review on the progress of kesterite solar cells: Current strategies and insights

A Wang, M He, MA Green, K Sun… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) with earth‐abundant and environmental‐
benign constituents has been regarded as a promising solar energy harvesting material for …

Solar photovoltaics is ready to power a sustainable future

M Victoria, N Haegel, IM Peters, R Sinton… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Thanks to fast learning and sustained growth, solar photovoltaics (PV) is today a highly cost-
competitive technology, ready to contribute substantially to CO 2 emissions mitigation …

Nanocomposite phase change materials for high-performance thermal energy storage: A critical review

ZR Li, N Hu, LW Fan - Energy Storage Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCM) are deemed to be a great option for thermal energy storage
(TES) with high energy density, but the low thermal conductivity of numerous PCM …

Design considerations for multi-terawatt scale manufacturing of existing and future photovoltaic technologies: challenges and opportunities related to silver, indium …

Y Zhang, M Kim, L Wang, P Verlinden… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
To significantly impact climate change, the annual photovoltaic (PV) module production rate
must dramatically increase from∼ 135 gigawatts (GW) in 2020 to∼ 3 terawatts (TW) around …