A Snapshot of Photovoltaics in 2022

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🔬研究者:Provides a broad overview of current PV research trends and emerging topics, useful for identifying research gaps.

🏢実務担当者:Highlights technological advancements and system integration approaches that could inform corporate renewable energy strategies.

🏛政策担当者:Offers insights into PV technology readiness and deployment challenges, relevant for renewable energy policy planning.

For decades the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (EU PVSEC) has played a key role in the development and promotion of photovoltaics technology and applications. Photovoltaics is a key element of the developing sustainable energy system. As outlined in the International Energy Agency's recent flagship report Net Zero by 2050 - A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector[1] which provides a comprehensive study of how to transition to a net zero energy system by 2050, this will result in a clean, dynamic, and resilient energy economy dominated by renewables like solar and wind in the place of fossil fuels. The EU PVSEC covers topics relevant to photovoltaic specialists and other key stakeholders across the full value chain, ranging from fundamental concepts to policy. In more detail, the program is divided into five topics - Silicon Materials and Cells; Evolving and Emerging Technologies; Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components; Photovoltaic (PV) Systems Engineering, Integrated/Applied PV; PV in the Energy Transition. The first two topics are focused on developments in materials and cell structures and manufacturing in crystalline silicon, thin films, perovskites, and tandems. The Module and Systems topics cover design, implementation, performance, and operation - including the increasingly important role of digitalization and machine learning - as well as the multitude of integrated applications in areas such as buildings (BIPV), agriculture (Agri-PV) and on water (Floating PV). The energy transition topic covers the wide range of multidisciplinary efforts required to ensure the rapid deployment of PV technologies on a massive and global scale, including, technical, economics, sustainability, and social challenges. The articles in this special issue represent a unique collection of the latest progress reported at the 2022 conference (which was also the 8th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-8) and highlight important developments in a broad range of areas. It is to be noted that the partnership with Solar RRL covers a subset of the topic areas, and a complementary selection of highlighted papers is included in a special issue of Progress in Photovoltaics. A full list of papers resulting from the partnership of Wiley & EU PVSEC is found here. As well as individually demonstrating the state of the art in its own field, the selected articles taken together provide a valuable insight into the current areas of focus within the photovoltaics research community. A brief overview of the Solar RRL articles grouped by topic follows. The listed article titles contain clickable hyperlinks for convenience. Crystalline silicon remains by far the largest segment of the PV market and, although it is a very mature technology, developments continue towards improving materials, device structures, reliability, and sustainability. These three papers illustrate developments in crystalline silicon materials: Epitaxially Grown p-type Silicon Wafers Ready for Cell Efficiencies Exceeding 25% Comparing the Gettering Effect of Heavily Doped Polysilicon Films and Its Implications for Tunnel Oxide-Passivated Contact Solar Cells High Lifetime Ga-Doped Cz-Si for Carrier-Selective Junction Solar Cells; This review article looks at edge isolation techniques of importance in the manufacturing of high efficiency crystalline silicon cells: Past, Present, and Future Outlook for Edge Isolation Processes in Highly Efficient Silicon Solar Cell Manufacturing Sustainability of materials used in cell manufacturing is a key area of research, and this paper specifically looks at the case of indium: Reduction in Indium Usage for Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells in a Short-Term Industrial Perspective Ever increasing volume production requires advances in faster and less expensive characterization techniques. The use of a neural network typifies the increasing role of digital techniques and machine learning: Contactless Inline IV Measurement of Solar Cells Using an Empirical Model Potentially disruptive technologies require evaluation of their real world performance as studied in these two papers for the luminescent solar concentrator and two-terminal tandem respectively: Analysis of the 1 Year Outdoor Performance of Quantum Dot Luminescent Solar Concentrators Energy Loss Analysis of Two-Terminal Tandem PV Systems under Realistic Operating Conditions—Revealing the Importance of Fill Factor Gains There are also many developments at the systems level, aimed at improving the assessment of system performance as well as the performance itself: Power Conditioner Efficiencies and Annual Performance Analyses with Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Generators Using Indoor Measurements and Shading Simulations Quantifying the Energy Impact of Soiling—Thanks to the Tool SoilRatio State-of-Play and Emerging Challenges in Photovoltaic Energy Yield Simulations: A Multi-Case Multi-Model Benchmarking Study The integration of increasing amounts of fluctuating renewable sources into a future smart grid is essential, as studied in this supervised-learning forecasting model: Single-Site Forecasts for 130 Photovoltaic Systems at Distribution System Operator Level, Using a Hybrid-Physical Approach, to Improve Grid-Integration and Enable Future Smart-Grid Operation Interest in the integration of photovoltaics into vehicles is growing as electric vehicles market share grows. We also have a novel take on integration into inland shipping: Vehicle-Integrated Photovoltaics Irradiation Modeling Using Aerial-Based LIDAR Data and Validation with Trip Measurements Analysis for the Potential of High-Efficiency and Low-Cost Vehicle-Integrated Photovoltaics Photovoltaic Potential of the Dutch Inland Shipping Fleet: An Experimentally Validated Method to Simulate the Power Series from Vessel-Integrated Photovoltaics The final three papers of the special issue cover key aspects of the energy transition-integrating renewable sources, sustainability, and economics: Ancillary Services via Flexible Photovoltaic/Wind Systems and “Implicit” Storage to Balance Demand and Supply Abundant Material Consumption Based on a Learning Curve for Photovoltaic toward Net-Zero Emissions by 2050 Profitability of Solar Photovoltaic Projects: A Sensitivity Analysis of Performance Loss Curves and Operation and Maintenance Expenses

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