Pathways for solar photovoltaics

被引:362
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作者
Jean, Joel [1 ]
Brown, Patrick R. [2 ]
Jaffe, Robert L. [2 ,3 ]
Buonassisi, Tonio [4 ]
Bulovic, Vladimir [1 ]
机构
[1] MIT, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[2] MIT, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[3] MIT, Ctr Theoret Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[4] MIT, Dept Mech Engn, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
关键词
GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS; OF-THE-ART; QUANTUM DOTS; 3RD-GENERATION PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON; MATERIALS AVAILABILITY; CRYSTALLINE SILICON; ENERGY CONVERSION; LOW-COST; CELLS;
D O I
10.1039/c4ee04073b
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Solar energy is one of the few renewable, low-carbon resources with both the scalability and the technological maturity to meet ever-growing global demand for electricity. Among solar power technologies, solar photovoltaics (PV) are the most widely deployed, providing 0.87% of the world's electricity in 2013 and sustaining a compound annual growth rate in cumulative installed capacity of 43% since 2000. Given the massive scale of deployment needed, this article examines potential limits to PV deployment at the terawatt scale, emphasizing constraints on the use of commodity and PV-critical materials. We propose material complexity as a guiding framework for classifying PV technologies, and we analyze three core themes that focus future research and development: efficiency, materials use, and manufacturing complexity and cost.
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页码:1200 / 1219
页数:20
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