Roadmap on Photovoltaic Absorber Materials for Sustainable Energy Conversion

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2310.19430
• Publication Date: 2023-01-01
• Authors: James C. Blakesley; Ruy S. Bonilla; Marina Freitag; Alex M. Ganose; Nicola Gasparini; Pascal Kaienburg; George Koutsourakis; Jonathan D. Major; Jenny Nelson; Nakita K. Noel; Bart Roose; Jae Sung Yun; Simon Aliwell; Pietro P. Altermatt; Tayebeh Ameri; Virgil Andrei; Ardalan Armin; Diego Bagnis; Jenny Baker; Hamish Beath; Mathieu Bellanger; Philippe Berrouard; Jochen Blumberger; Stuart A. Boden; Hugo Bronstein; Matthew J. Carnie; Chris Case; Fernando A. Castro; Yi-Ming Chang; Elmer Chao; Tracey M. Clarke; Graeme Cooke; Pablo Docampo; K. Durose; James R. Durrant; Marina R. Filip; Richard H. Friend; Jarvist M. Frost; Elizabeth A. Gibson; Alexander J. Gillett; Pooja Goddard; Severin N. Habisr...; Martin Heeney; Arthur D. Hendsbee; Louise C. Hirst; M. Saiful Islam; K. D. G. Imalka J...; Michael B. Johnston; M. Kauer; Jeff Kettle; Ji‐Seon Kim; D.A. Lamb; David G. Lidzey; Jihoo Lim; Roderick C. I. Ma...; N. J. Mason; Iain McCulloch; Keith P. McKenna; Sebastian B. Meier; Paul Meredith; Graham E. Morse; John D. Murphy; Chris Nicklin; Paloma Ortega-Arr...; Thomas Osterberg; Jay B. Patel; А. R. Peaker; Moritz Riede; Martyn Rush; James W. Ryan; David O. Scanlon; Peter J. Skabara; Franky So; Henry J. Snaith; Ludmilla Steier; Jarla Thiesbrummel; Alessandro Troisi; Craig Underwood; Karsten Walzer; Trystan Watson; John M. Walls; Aron Walsh; Lucy D. Whalley; Benedict Winchester; Samuel D. Stranks; Robert L. Z. Hoye
• Keywords: Condensed Matter - Materials Science; 13. Climate action; 11. Sustainability; Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci); FOS: Physical sciences; Physics - Applied Physics; Applied Physics (physics.app-ph); 7. Clean energy; 12. Responsible consumption

Photovoltaics (PVs) are a critical technology for curbing growing levels of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, and meeting increases in future demand low-carbon electricity. In order to fulfil ambitions net-zero carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂eq) emissions worldwide, the global cumulative capacity solar PVs must increase by an magnitude from 0.9 TWp 2021 8.5 2050 according International Renewable Energy Agency, which is considered be highly conservative estimate. 2020, Henry Royce Institute brought together UK PV community discuss technological infrastructure challenges that need overcome address vast accelerating deployment. Herein, we examine key developments community, especially progress made field since this earlier roadmap, bringing experts primarily across breadth photovoltaics community. The focus both on improving efficiency, stability levelized cost electricity current technologies utility-scale PVs, as well fundamental questions novel can have significant impact emerging markets, such indoor space agrivoltaics. We advanced metrology computational tools, synergies between fuels, offer perspective environmental sustainability industry. Through emphasize promising pathways forward short- long-term, communities working range maturity learn each other.