Abstract

Solar cells cost per Watt has decreased so quickly in the last years that photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing costs cover only a small fraction of the total costs of a PV plant. Essentially, the installation and operation costs as well as the costs for the management of starting materials are the main factors today the most important levers for total costs decrease. PV technology has advanced towards both efficiency and average energy generation increasing by light capture optimization and losses minimization. This work analyses the state-of-the-art of PV technology for terrestrial application and discusses the perspectives for future development, which aims at overwhelming limitation posed by material properties. Higher focus is given to the most promising current technology such as silicon heterojunction solar cells and on future developments based on tandem cell approaches.

Details

Title
Innovative PV Technologies for reducing electricity costs
Author
Gerardi, Cosimo 1 ; Bengasi, Giuseppe 1 ; Carbone, Lorenzo 1 ; Spampinato, Antonio 1 ; Rametta, Francesco 1 ; Ragonesi, Antonino 1 ; Izzo, Gaetano 1 ; Sciuto, Marcello 1 ; Foti, Marina 1 ; Bizzarri, Fabrizio 2 

 3SUN, ENEL Green Power , Contrada Blocco Torrazze 95121, Catania , Italia 
 ENEL Green Power , Viale Regina Margherita 137 00198, Roma , Italia 
First page
012002
Publication year
2022
Publication date
Nov 2022
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17578981
e-ISSN
1757899X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2742647010
Copyright
Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.