Editorial: Photovoltaic Materials and Devices 2014
Abstract
An ever increasing demand on energy has fostered many new generation technologies, which include photovoltaics. In recent years, photovoltaic industry has grown very rapidly. The installed capacity of PV for 2013 was about 37 GW and 2014 sales are expected to be around 45 GW. However, there has been excess production for last several years, which is responsible in part for the low prices (about 60 c/W). To lower the PV energy costs further, a major strategy appears to be going to high efficiency solar cells. This approach is favored (over lower cost/lower efficiency) because cell efficiency has a very large influence on the acceptable manufacturing cost of a PV module. Hence, the PV industry is moving toward developing processes and equipment to manufacture solar cells that can yield efficiencies >20%. Therefore, further research is needed within existing technologies to accomplish these objectives. Likewise, research will continue to seek new materials and devices.
- Authors:
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- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States). National Center for Photovoltaics
- New Jersey Inst. of Technology, Newark, NJ (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1220702
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5900-63951
Journal ID: ISSN 1110-662X
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- International Journal of Photoenergy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2014; Journal Issue: 2014; Journal ID: ISSN 1110-662X
- Publisher:
- Hindawi
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; photovoltaics; materials; devices
Citation Formats
Sopori, Bhushan, Rupnowski, Peter, Shet, Sudhakar, and Basnyat, Prakash. Editorial: Photovoltaic Materials and Devices 2014. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1155/2014/534312.
Sopori, Bhushan, Rupnowski, Peter, Shet, Sudhakar, & Basnyat, Prakash. Editorial: Photovoltaic Materials and Devices 2014. United States. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/534312
Sopori, Bhushan, Rupnowski, Peter, Shet, Sudhakar, and Basnyat, Prakash. Mon .
"Editorial: Photovoltaic Materials and Devices 2014". United States. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/534312. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1220702.
@article{osti_1220702,
title = {Editorial: Photovoltaic Materials and Devices 2014},
author = {Sopori, Bhushan and Rupnowski, Peter and Shet, Sudhakar and Basnyat, Prakash},
abstractNote = {An ever increasing demand on energy has fostered many new generation technologies, which include photovoltaics. In recent years, photovoltaic industry has grown very rapidly. The installed capacity of PV for 2013 was about 37 GW and 2014 sales are expected to be around 45 GW. However, there has been excess production for last several years, which is responsible in part for the low prices (about 60 c/W). To lower the PV energy costs further, a major strategy appears to be going to high efficiency solar cells. This approach is favored (over lower cost/lower efficiency) because cell efficiency has a very large influence on the acceptable manufacturing cost of a PV module. Hence, the PV industry is moving toward developing processes and equipment to manufacture solar cells that can yield efficiencies >20%. Therefore, further research is needed within existing technologies to accomplish these objectives. Likewise, research will continue to seek new materials and devices.},
doi = {10.1155/2014/534312},
journal = {International Journal of Photoenergy},
number = 2014,
volume = 2014,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}
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