ArticleACS sustainable chemistry & engineering2024
Comparing Environmental Impacts of Single-Junction Silicon and Silicon/Perovskite Tandem Photovoltaics-A Prospective Life Cycle Assessment.
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- Biophotonics point-of-care diagnostics in low-resource settings: a South African perspective.Journal of biomedical optics · 2026Review
- Sustainable and Circular Materials for Photovoltaic Power Plants: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Mono-Crystalline Silicon and Perovskite Module Scenarios.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Life Cycle and Local Environmental Impacts of Floating Photovoltaic (FPV) Systems.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Prospective Environmental Impact Assessment of Scaling Up Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells to Industrial Applications.ChemSusChem · 2026Article
- Learning Curves in Prospective Life Cycle Assessment.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Looking to the Future: Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging Technologies.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Tandem photovoltaics applying perovskite on silicon are considered to be a possible route to sustaining continuous efficiency improvements and price reductions. A meaningful market share for such tandems is, however, at least a decade away. Herein, a comprehensive prospective life cycle assessment was conducted, comparing the full life cycle of monofacial and bifacial silicon/perovskite tandem panels with single-junction silicon panels produced up to 2050. The end-of-life included the recovery of silicon and silver. Climate change impacts per kilowatt hour were projected to decrease by two-thirds over time. Tandem panels are expected to reach impacts of 8-10 g CO
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