Prospective Environmental Impact Assessment of Scaling Up Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells to Industrial Applications
; however, TSC 4 shows superior environmental performance per kWh for all assessed impact categories. The analysis highlights that although material selection is crucial, optimizing the overall device architecture to enhance efficiency is equally important in achieving tandem devices with a low environmental footprint. Key recommendations for optimizing the tandem architecture include reducing the silicon wafer thickness in future tandem designs, the use of thinner indium-based transparent conductive oxide, and prioritizing recycling and re-use of the critical materials.
Authors
- Adalgisa Sinicropi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5605-6482)
- Jaume‐Adrià Alberola‐Borràs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9953-6846)
- Rosario Vidal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7872-0620)
- Maria Laura Parisi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0273-8848)
- Mercy Jelagat Kipyator (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5635-2465)
- Federico Rossi
Institutions
- University of Siena (IT)
- Universitat Jaume I (ES)
- Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (IT)
- Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase (IT)
- Institute for the Chemistry of OrganoMetallic Compounds (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ChemSusChem
- Published
- 2026-04-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202502409
- Primary Topic
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00