Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics: Trends and Future Directions
Fuente:
arXiv
Enregistré dans:
| Auteurs principaux: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Preprint |
| Publié: |
2025
|
| Sujets: | |
| Accès en ligne: | |
| Tags: |
Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
|
| _version_ | 1866911513575424000 |
|---|---|
| author | Intal, Donald Ebong, Abasifreke U. |
| author_facet | Intal, Donald Ebong, Abasifreke U. |
| contents | Thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technologies address crucial challenges in solar energy applications, including scalability, cost-effectiveness, and environmental sustainability. This paper reviews critically, thin-film technologies such as amorphous silicon (a-Si), cadmium telluride (CdTe), and copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS). It also discusses emerging technologies, including perovskites, copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS), quantum dots (QDs), organic photovoltaics (OPV), and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). Among these, CdTe and CIGS currently dominate commercial viability, achieving laboratory-scale efficiencies of 23.1% and 23.6%, respectively. Perovskites have notably advanced, reaching a laboratory efficiency of 26.7%. Thin-film PV technologies significantly reduce material use and manufacturing costs, offering distinct advantages such as flexibility and lightweight structures, thereby enabling diverse applications from building-integrated systems to portable electronic devices. Despite these benefits, broader adoption remains limited by challenges including long-term stability, toxicity concerns, and material scarcity. Addressing these challenges through advancements in tandem architectures, improved encapsulation strategies, and sustainable material sourcing is essential for thin-film PV technologies to substantially contribute to the global renewable energy transition. |
| format | Preprint |
| id |
arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2508_05589 |
| institution | arXiv |
| publishDate | 2025 |
| record_format | arxiv |
| spellingShingle | Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics: Trends and Future Directions Intal, Donald Ebong, Abasifreke U. Applied Physics Thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technologies address crucial challenges in solar energy applications, including scalability, cost-effectiveness, and environmental sustainability. This paper reviews critically, thin-film technologies such as amorphous silicon (a-Si), cadmium telluride (CdTe), and copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS). It also discusses emerging technologies, including perovskites, copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS), quantum dots (QDs), organic photovoltaics (OPV), and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). Among these, CdTe and CIGS currently dominate commercial viability, achieving laboratory-scale efficiencies of 23.1% and 23.6%, respectively. Perovskites have notably advanced, reaching a laboratory efficiency of 26.7%. Thin-film PV technologies significantly reduce material use and manufacturing costs, offering distinct advantages such as flexibility and lightweight structures, thereby enabling diverse applications from building-integrated systems to portable electronic devices. Despite these benefits, broader adoption remains limited by challenges including long-term stability, toxicity concerns, and material scarcity. Addressing these challenges through advancements in tandem architectures, improved encapsulation strategies, and sustainable material sourcing is essential for thin-film PV technologies to substantially contribute to the global renewable energy transition. |
| title | Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics: Trends and Future Directions |
| topic | Applied Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05589 |