Photovoltaic Materials and Devices 2017

Journal Article · Thu Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · International Journal of Photoenergy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/5717323· OSTI ID:1485562

Sopori, Bhushan ^[1]; Basnyat, Prakash ^[2]; Devayajanam, Srinivas ^[2]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab., Idledale, CO (United States)
2. New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (United States)

The demand of photovoltaic energy has continued to grow in recent years concomitant with a decrease in the module prices. There continues to be slight overcapacity of production despite large installations worldwide, particularly in China and the USA. The global capacity additions in 2017 are expected to reach 79 gigawatts (GW), slightly higher than 77 GW in 2016. While most of the solar cell manufacturing is occurring in China, there is a growing interest in developing module assembly in many other countries (particularly in India). As the manufacturing volume grows, there is continued reduction in the manufacturing cost. However, there continues to be considerable need for further research into improved cell/module designs and fabrication technology. This is the 4th special issue of the International Journal of Photoenergy on 'Photovoltaic Materials and Devices' and is a very short assembly of accepted papers from a much wider submission, aimed at recent advances in materials and PV systems. Here, this issue contains 5 papers on various aspects of photovoltaics, which are briefly described here.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1485562
• Report Number(s): NREL/JA--5900-72921
• Journal Information: International Journal of Photoenergy, Journal Name: International Journal of Photoenergy Vol. 2018; ISSN 1110-662X
• Publisher: Hindawi
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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photovoltaics