Brief Review of Emerging Photovoltaic Absorbers

Andriy Zakutayev

doi:10.1016/j.cogsc.2017.01.002

Brief Review of Emerging Photovoltaic Absorbers

Andriy Zakutayev

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Abstract

Photovoltaic solar cells have recently made significant commercial progress and are on track toward meeting more than 1% of global energy demand. However, further research is needed on photovoltaic technologies that face no scalability constraints in generating more than 10% of the world's electricity. This 2017 article briefly reviews emerging photovoltaic absorber materials, focusing on research progress over the past 2–3 years. Particular emphasis is given to emerging solar cell absorbers—for example, SnS, Sb₂Se₃, Cu₂SnS₃, and CuSbSe₂—related to established solar cell technologies such as CdTe, Cu(In,Ga)Se₂, and CH₃NH₃PbI₃. Finally, the general publication and performance trends are discussed, and the promising future research directions are pointed out.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	8-15
Number of pages	8
Journal	Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2017.01.002 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2017.01.002
State	Published - 1 Apr 2017

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NREL/JA-5K00-67927

Keywords

absorber materials
photovoltaics
solar cells

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Brief Review of Emerging Photovoltaic Absorbers

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