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Alberola-Borràs JA, Baker JA, De Rossi F, Vidal R, Beynon D, Hooper KEA, Watson TM, Mora-Seró I. Perovskite Photovoltaic Modules: Life Cycle Assessment of Pre-industrial Production Process. iScience 2018; 9:542-551. [PMID: 30448247 PMCID: PMC6286418 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2018.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Revised: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Photovoltaic devices based on perovskite materials have a great potential to become an exceptional source of energy while preserving the environment. However, to enter the global market, they require further development to achieve the necessary performance requirements. The environmental performance of a pre-industrial process of production of a large-area carbon stack perovskite module is analyzed in this work through life cycle assessment (LCA). From the pre-industrial process an ideal process is simulated to establish a benchmark for pre-industrial and laboratory-scale processes. Perovskite is shown to be the most harmful layer of the carbon stack module because of the energy consumed in the preparation and annealing of the precursor solution, and not because of its Pb content. This work stresses the necessity of decreasing energy consumption during module preparation as the most effective way to reduce environmental impacts of perovskite solar cells. LCA of a pre-industrial process of a carbon stack perovskite module Laboratory, pre-industrial, and extrapolated ideal scenarios are compared The pre-industrial process shows a significant improvement in environmental impact Energy consumption is the main cause of the environmental impacts, not the Pb
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Affiliation(s)
- Jaume-Adrià Alberola-Borràs
- Grupo de Ingeniería de Diseño (GID), Departament d'enginyeria mecànica i construcció, Universitat Jaume I, Av. Sos Baynat s/n, 12071 Castelló, Spain; SPECIFIC, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea SA1 8EN, Wales, UK
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- SPECIFIC, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea SA1 8EN, Wales, UK
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- SPECIFIC, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea SA1 8EN, Wales, UK
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- Grupo de Ingeniería de Diseño (GID), Departament d'enginyeria mecànica i construcció, Universitat Jaume I, Av. Sos Baynat s/n, 12071 Castelló, Spain.
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- SPECIFIC, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea SA1 8EN, Wales, UK
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- SPECIFIC, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea SA1 8EN, Wales, UK
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- SPECIFIC, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea SA1 8EN, Wales, UK
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat Jaume I, Av. Sos Baynat, s/n, 12071 Castelló, Spain.
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Hooper KEA, Lee HKH, Newman MJ, Meroni S, Baker J, Watson TM, Tsoi WC. Probing the degradation and homogeneity of embedded perovskite semiconducting layers in photovoltaic devices by Raman spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:5246-5253. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp05123e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Raman spectroscopy is demonstrated to be unique in probing the degradation and homogeneity of embedded perovskite layers in devices and modules.
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Affiliation(s)
- K. E. A. Hooper
- SPECIFIC
- College of Engineering
- Swansea University
- Bay Campus
- Fabian Way
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- SPECIFIC
- College of Engineering
- Swansea University
- Bay Campus
- Fabian Way
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- SPECIFIC
- College of Engineering
- Swansea University
- Bay Campus
- Fabian Way
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- SPECIFIC
- College of Engineering
- Swansea University
- Bay Campus
- Fabian Way
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- SPECIFIC
- College of Engineering
- Swansea University
- Bay Campus
- Fabian Way
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- SPECIFIC
- College of Engineering
- Swansea University
- Bay Campus
- Fabian Way
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- SPECIFIC
- College of Engineering
- Swansea University
- Bay Campus
- Fabian Way
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