Life cycle energy use and environmental implications of high-performance perovskite tandem solar cells
Xueyu Tian, Samuel D. Stranks, Fengqi You
Abstract
-eq/kWh for the silicon benchmark. Prolonging the lifetime provides a strong technological lever for reducing the carbon footprint such that the perovskite-silicon tandem can outcompete the current benchmark on energy and environmental performance. Perovskite-perovskite tandems with flexible and lightweight form factors further improve the energy and environmental performance by around 6% and thus enhance the potential for large-scale, sustainable deployment.
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TandemPerovskite (structure)Materials scienceLife-cycle assessmentEnergy (signal processing)Solar energyEnvironmental scienceComputer scienceEngineering physicsBiologyChemical engineeringPhysicsEngineeringEcologyProduction (economics)Composite materialMacroeconomicsQuantum mechanicsEconomicsPerovskite Materials and Applicationssolar cell performance optimizationChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films