Photovoltaics
Technology Map Detailed Contents
June 2021
Importance of the Technology
The Technology in Brief
- PV Advantages and Disadvantages
- Cell Types
- Single-Crystalline (Monocrystalline) Silicon
- Polycrystalline Silicon
- Other Silicon Technologies
- Ribbons
- Supermono Silicon
- Nanoparticle Silicon
- Thin-Film Solar Cells
- Amorphous Silicon
- Cadmium Telluride
- Copper Indium (Gallium) Diselenide
- Gallium Arsenide and Other III-V Solar Cells
- Silicon Epitaxy
- Third-Generation Solar Cells
- DSCs
- Polymer and Small-Molecule Solar Cells
- Quantum-Dot Solar Cells
- Perovskite Solar Cells
- Multijunction Solar Cells
- Concentrating Systems
- Solar-Cell Efficiency
- Hybrid PV Systems
- Metalization and Antireflection
- Balance of System
- Inverters
- Maximum-Power-Point Tracker
Commercial Development Parameters
- Demand Factors
- The Need for Clean Energy
- The Relative Price of Energy
- Policy Requirements
- Rural Electrification
- Infrastructure
- General Constraints
- Synergistic Technologies
- Competing Technologies
- Required Resources
- Regulatory Factors
Areas to Monitor
- Relative LCOE
- Renewable Energy Targets
- PV Incentives
- Module Efficiency
- Feedstock Pricing
- Manufacturing Innovation
- BOS Costs
- Chinese Markets
- Emerging PV Technologies
- New Applications
- Energy Storage
- Utility Disruption
Implications of Commercialization
- Outcome A: Silicon PV Sees Major Improvements
- Outcome B: Thin-Film Production Accelerates
- Outcome C: Off-Grid PV Surges
Opportunities
- Market Demand
- Market Supply
- Crystalline-Silicon PV
- Industry Structure
- Commercial Opportunities
- Thin-Film PV
- Industry Structure
- Commercial Opportunities
- Organic PV
- Industry Structure
- Commercial Opportunities
- Perovskite PV
- Industry Structure
- Commercial Opportunities
- Concentrating PV
- Industry Structure
- Commercial Opportunities
- PV Applications
- Grid-Connected Power
- Residential Power
- Rural Electrification
- Industrial/Remote Power
- Transport Systems
- Portable Power and Electronics
- Aerospace
Updates
Viewpoints Features
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