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Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Precursors Used in the Supply Chain of Emerging Perovskite Solar Cells
2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), pp 0569-0572
20 Jun 2021
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Abstract
This paper presents estimations for life cycle energy demand, human toxicity, and climate change of industrial-scale production of A-site cation precursor chemicals that may be used in production of perovskite solar cells. We employed process scale-up concepts, updated data sources and industry-relevant process modelling assumptions to build commercially relevant life cycle inventories (LCIs) for each of the perovskite precursors. Life cycle assessment (LCA) was applied to characterize and compare the resulting life cycle impacts and comparisons were made with other module components. The main finding of this work is that precursor impacts are similar to each other and about 1,000 times less than solar glass. Therefore, selection of perovskite compositions for commercialization should be driven solely by efficiency and stability rather than environmental concerns.
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- Title
- Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Precursors Used in the Supply Chain of Emerging Perovskite Solar Cells
- Creators
- Sherif A. Khalifa - Drexel UniversitySabrina Spatari - Drexel UniversityAaron T. Fafarman - Drexel UniversityJason B. Baxter - Drexel UniversityIEEE
- Publication Details
- 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), pp 0569-0572
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering; Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000701690400129
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85115956552
- Other Identifier
- 991019167791404721
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- Energy & Fuels
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