Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 6)
ABSTRACT This 6th annual Emerging PV Report surveys peer‐reviewed advances since August 2024 across perovskite, organic, kesterite, matildite, antimony seleno‐sulfide, selenium, and tandem solar cell architectures. Updated graphs, tables, and analyses compile the best‐performing devices from the emerging‐pv.org database, benchmarking power conversion efficiency ( PCE ), flexible photovoltaic fatigue factor ( F ), light‐utilization efficiency ( LUE ), and stability‐test energy yield (STEY) against detailed‐balance efficiency limits as functions of photovoltaic bandgap, and average visible transmittance ( AVT ) for (semi‐)transparent devices. Beyond efficiency, operational stability is assessed via degradation rates ( DR ) and t 95 lifetimes. Highlights include single‐junction perovskite cells with efficiencies above 27%, organics surpassing 20%, and new Si/perovskite tandems exceeding 34%. Although multiple record efficiencies have been achieved this year, advances in mechanical robustness and operational stability remain inconsistent, especially in complex tandem stacks, emphasizing the urgent need for standardized protocols, improved large‐area homogeneity, and database‐driven benchmarks to accelerate the transition from laboratory demonstrations to scalable, real‐world deployment.
Authors
- Christoph Josef Brabec (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9440-0253)
- Christian Sprau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0733-894X)
- Luigi Angelo Castriotta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2525-8852)
- Takao Someya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3051-1138)
- Nam‐Gyu Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2368-6300)
- Carlos I. Cabrera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1699-695X)
- David B. Mitzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5189-4612)
- Derya Baran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2196-8187)
- Maria Antonietta Loi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7985-7431)
- Thomas Kirchartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6954-8213)
- Xavier Mathew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3017-5552)
- Fei Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7819-0671)
- René A. J. Janssen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1920-5124)
- Jie Min (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0447-3764)
- T. Jesper Jacobsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4317-2879)
- Bruno Ehrler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5307-3241)
- Richard R. Lunt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4248-6312)
- Anita W. Y. Ho-Baillie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9849-4755)
- Sule Erten‐Ela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9512-4919)
- Barry P. Rand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4409-8751)
- Kenjiro Fukuda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8015-5819)
- Osbel Almora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2523-0203)
- Jens Hauch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4384-2112)
- Ana F. Nogueira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0838-7962)
- Henry James Snaith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8511-790X)
- Ulrich W. Paetzold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1557-8361)
- Agustín O. Alvarez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0920-5390)
- Lulu Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3586-0815)
- Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5955-4786)
- Karen Forberich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6433-9562)
Institutions
- Linköping University (SE)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
- University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Tokyo University of Information Sciences (JP)
- Jinan University (CN)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Duke University (US)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich (DE)
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
- Princeton University (US)
- Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (NL)
- Wuhan University (CN)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Ege University (TR)
- Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
- RIKEN Advanced Science Institute (JP)
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (JP)
- Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (NL)
- Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas "Francisco García Salinas" (MX)
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili (ES)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (SA)
- Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
- Michigan State University (US)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
- The University of Osaka (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Energy Materials
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202505525
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.73
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Solar Technologies go Hybrid
- European Commission
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Vector Stiftung
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme
- Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems