| Issue |
Photoniques
Number 110, Octobre-Novembre 2021
Green Photonics
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| Page(s) | 48 - 52 | |
| Section | FOCUS: GREEN PHOTONICS | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/photon/202111048 | |
| Published online | 19 November 2021 | |
Photovoltaics: towards ultimate performances
CNRS, UMR IPVF 9006, Institut Photovoltaique d’Île de France, École Polytechnique IP Paris, PSL Chimie ParisTech, IPVF SAS, 91120 Palaiseau, France
* e-mail : jean-francois.guillemoles@cnrs.fr
Photovoltaic conversion has made impressive progress since its discovery, but as will be discussed here, much can still be done. It is of interest to investigate what are the intrinsic limits of the technology. We call here ultimate performance those that could be limited only by intrinsic properties of the devices. This point will be discussed along three lines: ultimate limits for energy conversion, ultimate limits for material usage and ultimate limits for device stability.
© The authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2021
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