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2020
Journal Article
Title

The 2020 photovoltaic technologies roadmap

Abstract
Over the past decade, the global cumulative installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity has grown exponentially, reaching 591 GW in 2019. Rapid progress was driven in large part by improvements in solar cell and module efficiencies, reduction in manufacturing costs and the realization of levelized costs of electricity that are now generally less than other energy sources and approaching similar costs with storage included. Given this success, it is a particularly fitting time to assess the state of the photovoltaics field and the technology milestones that must be achieved to maximize future impact and forward momentum. This roadmap outlines the critical areas of development in all of the major PV conversion technologies, advances needed to enable terawatt-scale PV installation, and cross-cutting topics on reliability, characterization, and applications. Each perspective provides a status update, summarizes the limiting immediate and long-term technical challenges and highlights breakthroughs that are needed to address them. In total, this roadmap is intended to guide researchers, funding agencies and industry in identifying the areas of development that will have the most impact on PV technology in the upcoming years.
Author(s)
Wilson, G.M.
Al-Jassim, M.
Metzger, W.K.
Glunz, Stefan W.  
Verlinden, Pierre
Xiong, G.
Mansfield, L.M.
Stanbery, B.J.
Zhu, K.
Yan, Y.
Berry, J.J.
Ptak, A.J.
Dimroth, Frank  
Kayes, B.M.
Tamboli, A.C.
Peibst, R.
Catchpole, K.
Reese, M.O.
Klinga, C.S.
Denholm, P.
Morjaria, M.
Deceglie, Michael G.
Freeman, J.M.
Mikofski, M.A.
Jordan, D.C.
Tamizhmani, G.
Sulas-Kern, D.B.
Journal
Journal of Physics. D. Applied Physics  
Open Access
DOI
10.1088/1361-6463/ab9c6a
Language
English
Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE  
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