The balance between efficiency, stability and environmental impacts in perovskite solar cells: a review

A Urbina - Journal of Physics: Energy, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Photovoltaic technology is progressing very fast, both in a new installed capacity, now
reaching a total of more than 400 GW worldwide, and in a big research effort to develop …

[HTML][HTML] A review on life cycle environmental impacts of emerging solar cells

M Cellura, LQ Luu, F Guarino, S Longo - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of solar technologies requires increased efficiency in converting solar
radiation to energy, as well as innovative materials and structure to go beyond the …

Assessing health and environmental impacts of solvents for producing perovskite solar cells

R Vidal, JA Alberola-Borràs, SN Habisreutinger… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Halide perovskites are poised as a game-changing semiconductor system with diverse
applications in optoelectronics. Industrial entities aim to commercialize perovskite …

Potential environmental risk of solar cells: Current knowledge and future challenges

JI Kwak, SH Nam, L Kim, YJ An - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) technology such as solar cells and devices convert solar energy directly
into electricity. Compared to fossil fuels, solar energy is considered a key form of renewable …

A perspective on the commercial viability of perovskite solar cells

JK Ling, PKK Kizhakkedath, TM Watson… - Solar …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have received a large amount of research funds due to their
potential as a frontrunner in a new generation of solar cells; consequently, the desire to …

Sustainability in perovskite solar cells

KP Goetz, AD Taylor, YJ Hofstetter… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
At a current value of 25.5%, perovskites have reached some of the highest power
conversion efficiencies of all single-junction solar cell devices. Researchers, however, are …

Green solvents, materials, and lead-free semiconductors for sustainable fabrication of perovskite solar cells

SK Podapangi, F Jafarzadeh, S Mattiello… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Perovskite materials research has received unprecedented recognition due to its
applications in photovoltaics, LEDs, and other large area low-cost electronics. The …

Sustainable development of perovskite solar cells: keeping a balance between toxicity and efficiency

G Ding, Y Zheng, X Xiao, H Cheng, G Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The term “sustainable solar cell” deals with human health and realizing the sustainable
development of society. As a potential candidate, perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been a …

Comparison of perovskite solar cells with other photovoltaics technologies from the point of view of life cycle assessment

R Vidal, JA Alberola‐Borràs… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A review of the life cycle sustainability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is presented,
distinguishing results between simulated laboratory‐based and simulated industrial‐based …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced materials for emerging photovoltaic systems–Environmental hotspots in the production and end-of-life phase of organic, dye-sensitized, perovskite …

S Gressler, F Part, S Scherhaufer, G Obersteiner… - Sustainable Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging photovoltaic systems (EPVs) such as organic solar cells, dye-sensitized solar
cells, perovskite solar cells, and quantum dots solar cells are currently under development …