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ReviewNature materials2025

Sustainability pathways for perovskite photovoltaics.

Kevin J Prince, Heather M Mirletz, E Ashley Gaulding, Lance M Wheeler, Ross A Kerner, Xiaopeng Zheng, Laura T Schelhas, Paul Tracy, Colin A Wolden, Joseph J Berry and 3 more

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Review in Nature materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. Single Crystal Sn-Based Halide Perovskites.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Kevin J PrinceNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8553-1561
Heather M MirletzNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5058-4804
E Ashley GauldingNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1772-1993
Lance M WheelerNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1685-8242
Ross A KernerNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3692-6820
Xiaopeng ZhengNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5061-3655
Laura T SchelhasNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2299-1864
Paul TracyNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.
Colin A WoldenNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.
Joseph J BerryNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3874-3582
Silvana OvaittNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0180-728X
Teresa M BarnesNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3154-0558
Joseph M LutherNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA. joey.luther@nrel.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4054-8244

Funding

DOE | Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy | Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) n/a
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solar energy is the fastest-growing source of electricity generation globally. As deployment increases, photovoltaic (PV) panels need to be produced sustainably. Therefore, the resource utilization rate and the rate at which those resources become available in the environment must be in equilibrium while maintaining the well-being of people and nature. Metal halide perovskite (MHP) semiconductors could revolutionize PV technology due to high efficiency, readily available/accessible materials and low-cost production. Here we outline how MHP-PV panels could scale a sustainable supply chain while appreciably contributing to a global renewable energy transition. We evaluate the critical material concerns, embodied energy, carbon impacts and circular supply chain processes of MHP-PVs. The research community is in an influential position to prioritize research efforts in reliability, recycling and remanufacturing to make MHP-PVs one of the most sustainable energy sources on the market.

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