Osbel Almora
Institute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen Graduate School of Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT), 91052 Erlangen, Germany
Corresponding Author:osbel.almora@urv.cat
Author ProfileRene A J Janssen
Molecular Materials and Nanosystems & Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, De Zaale 20, Eindhoven, 5612 AJ, The Netherlands
Yongfang Li
School of Chemical Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Michael D Mcgehee
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
Jie Min
The Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China, Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Mold (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
Ulrich W Paetzold
Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany, Light Technology Institute (LTI), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
Christoph J Brabec
Institute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen Graduate School of Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT), 91052 Erlangen, Germany, University of Groningen, 9712 Groningen, The Netherlands, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Helmholtz‐Institut Erlangen‐Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN), 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Abstract
Emerging photovoltaics (PVs), focuses on a variety of applications complementing large scale electricity generation. For instance, organic, dye-sensitized and some perovskite solar cells are considered in building integration, greenhouses, wearable and indoors, thereby motivating research on flexible, transparent, semitransparent, and multi-junction PVs. Nevertheless, it can be very time consuming to find or develop an up-to-date overview over the state-of-the-art performance for these systems and applications. Two important resources for record research cells efficiencies are the National Renewable Energy Laboratory chart and the efficiency tables compiled biannually by Martin Green and colleagues. Both publications provide an effective coverage over the established technologies, bridging research and industry. An alternative approach is proposed here summarizing the best reports in the diverse research subjects for emerging PVs. Best performance parameters are provided as a function of the photovoltaic bandgap energy for each technology and application, and are put into perspective using, e.g., the Shockley-Queisser limit. In all cases, the reported data correspond to published and/or properly described certified results, with enough details provided for prospective data reproduction. Additionally, the stability test energy yield (STEY) is included as an analysis parameter among state-of-the-art emerging PVs.