Photovoltaic materials and devices 2016

Sopori, Bhushan; Basnyat, Prakash; Mehta, Vishal

doi:10.1155/2016/9427450

Title: Photovoltaic materials and devices 2016

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Photovoltaic energy continues to grow with about 59 GW of solar PV installed in 2015. While most of the PV production (about 93%) was Si wafer based, both CdTe and CI(G)S are growing in their shares. There is also continued progress at the laboratory scale in OPV and dye sensitized solar cells. As the market grows, emphasis on reducing the cost of modules and systems continues to grow. This is the fourth special issue of this journal that is dedicated to gathering selected papers on recent advances in materials, devices, and modules/PV systems. This issue contains sixteen papers on various aspects of photovoltaics. As a result, these fall in four broad categories of novel materials, device design and fabrication, modules, and systems.

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^[1]; Basnyat, Prakash ^[1];

^[2]

National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Lakewood, CO (United States)
Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, OH (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1331476

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5J00-67395
Journal ID: ISSN 1110-662X

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: International Journal of Photoenergy

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 2016; Journal ID: ISSN 1110-662X

Publisher:: Hindawi

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; photovoltaics; materials; devices

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  abstractNote = {Photovoltaic energy continues to grow with about 59 GW of solar PV installed in 2015. While most of the PV production (about 93%) was Si wafer based, both CdTe and CI(G)S are growing in their shares. There is also continued progress at the laboratory scale in OPV and dye sensitized solar cells. As the market grows, emphasis on reducing the cost of modules and systems continues to grow. This is the fourth special issue of this journal that is dedicated to gathering selected papers on recent advances in materials, devices, and modules/PV systems. This issue contains sixteen papers on various aspects of photovoltaics. As a result, these fall in four broad categories of novel materials, device design and fabrication, modules, and systems.},

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