Solar photovoltaics (PV) is the fastest-growing energy technology in the world today and an important tool for mitigating climate change. Crystalline silicon PV modules are now affordable, efficient, reliable, and dominant in the global market. So why do researchers and entrepreneurs continue to pursue new PV technologies? This book explores how market forces expose opportunities for new solar technologies. The authors explain how two emerging thin-film PV technologies-metal halide perovskites and colloidal quantum dots-can benefit from rapid scalability, reduced manufacturing and installation costs, and new modes of deployment. This book is targeted at students, early-career researchers, and industry newcomers seeking to maximize their impact in the field of emerging thin-film solar photovoltaics.
Author(s): Joel Jean, Patrick Brown
Series: IOP Expanding Physics
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 250
City: Bristol
PRELIMS.pdf
Preface
Acknowledgements
Author biography
Joel Jean
Patrick Richard Brown
CH001.pdf
Chapter 1 The climate challenge and the solar solution
1.1 The big picture: climate change
1.2 Why PV: emissions
1.3 Why PV: the solar resource
1.4 PV today: deployment growth and cost decline
References
CH002.pdf
Chapter 2 Market drivers for PV research and development
2.1 Capacity cost: $/W
2.2 Levelized cost of electricity (LCOE): $/MWh
2.3 The challenge: intermittency
2.4 The value of solar electricity
References
CH003.pdf
Chapter 3 Opportunities for emerging PV technologies
3.1 The case for emerging PV technologies
3.2 Entering the PV market
3.3 Accelerating market entry with module replacement
References
CH004.pdf
Chapter 4 Current research directions
4.1 Metal halide perovskites
4.2 Colloidal quantum dots
4.3 Perovskite and QD solar cells
4.4 Tandem solar cells
References
CH005.pdf
Chapter 5 R&D and commercialization challenges for emerging PV technologies
Building a new solar technology startup
5.1 The stability challenge
5.2 Outlook for emerging PV technologies
References
APP1.pdf
Chapter
A.1 Reports
A.2 Educational resources
A.3 Datasets
A.4 PV modeling tools
