Halide Perovskite Solar Photovoltaics
Technological progress in photovoltaic (PV) technologies provides hope that a comprehensive and desperately needed decarbonization of the energy sector is possible. Commercially successful PV technologies based predominantly on silicon wafer technology are reliable and cost-effective, but remain capital- and carbon-intensive. In this context, emerging PV technologies, such as metal-halide perovskites (MHPs), could further catalyze the energy transition by providing technological opportunities for even lower-cost, mass-producible, high-efficiency solar cells with a significantly reduced "carbon footprint." This themed issue of MRS Bulletin on "Halide perovskite solar photovoltaics summarizes the current state of the art, challenges, and opportunities of perovskite photovoltaics with contributions and perspectives from six expert teams worldwide. The topics covered provide a status update on perovskite PV, remaining hurdles to their deployment, and challenges to realizing the potential of this technology to impact climate goals. Articles in this collection address scalability of perovskite PV and prospects for industrial manufacturing; perovskite PV as an add-on technology on top of commercial silicon PV; environmental and sustainability considerations; and durability and reliability considerations. Further considerations include prospects of automation, coupled to artificial intelligence and machine learning, for accelerating material-based solutions to these outstanding challenges including the possibilities of discovering new absorber and device component materials to enable success and ultimately deployment of these next-generation PVs.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 2496250
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5F00-92602; MainId:94383; UUID:2f64ac9e-4558-4be3-b278-207343ef968a; MainAdminId:75636
- Journal Information:
- MRS Bulletin, Journal Name: MRS Bulletin Vol. 49
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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