Roadmap for cost-effective, commercially-viable perovskite silicon tandems for the current and future PV market

Sofia, Sarah E.; Wang, Hao; Bruno, Annalisa; Cruz-Campa, Jose Luis; Buonassisi, Tonio; Peters, Ian Marius

doi:10.1039/C9SE00948E

Title: Roadmap for cost-effective, commercially-viable perovskite silicon tandems for the current and future PV market

Abstract

A techno-economic analysis of perovskite-silicon tandem solar modules is presented, outlining the most viable pathway for designing cost-effective, commercially viable tandems.

Authors:

^[1]; Wang, Hao ^[2];

^[2]; Cruz-Campa, Jose Luis ^[3]; Buonassisi, Tonio ^[1]; Peters, Ian Marius ^[1]

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
Nanyang Technology University, Singapore
1366 Technologies, Bedford, USA

Publication Date:: 2020-02-04

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1578135

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Sustainable Energy & Fuels

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Sustainable Energy & Fuels Journal Volume: 4 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2398-4902

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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                    Sofia, Sarah E., Wang, Hao, Bruno, Annalisa, Cruz-Campa, Jose Luis, Buonassisi, Tonio, and Peters, Ian Marius. Roadmap for cost-effective, commercially-viable perovskite silicon tandems for the current and future PV market.  United Kingdom: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Sofia, Sarah E., Wang, Hao, Bruno, Annalisa, Cruz-Campa, Jose Luis, Buonassisi, Tonio, & Peters, Ian Marius. Roadmap for cost-effective, commercially-viable perovskite silicon tandems for the current and future PV market.  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SE00948E

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                    Sofia, Sarah E., Wang, Hao, Bruno, Annalisa, Cruz-Campa, Jose Luis, Buonassisi, Tonio, and Peters, Ian Marius. Tue .  
"Roadmap for cost-effective, commercially-viable perovskite silicon tandems for the current and future PV market".  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SE00948E.

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@article{osti_1578135,

  title        = {Roadmap for cost-effective, commercially-viable perovskite silicon tandems for the current and future PV market},

  author       = {Sofia, Sarah E. and Wang, Hao and Bruno, Annalisa and Cruz-Campa, Jose Luis and Buonassisi, Tonio and Peters, Ian Marius},

  abstractNote = {A techno-economic analysis of perovskite-silicon tandem solar modules is presented, outlining the most viable pathway for designing cost-effective, commercially viable tandems.},

  doi          = {10.1039/C9SE00948E},

  journal      = {Sustainable Energy & Fuels},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 4,

  place        = {United Kingdom},

  year         = {2020},

  month        = {2}

}

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