Life-cycle assessment of cradle-to-grave opportunities and environmental impacts of organic photovoltaic solar panels compared to conventional technologies
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- 作者：Michael P. Tsanga ; b ; Guido W. Sonnemanna ; b ; guido.sonnemann@u-bordeaux.fr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Dario M. Bassania ; b
- 关键词：Sustainable Production ; Thin-Film PV ; Polymer Solar Cells ; Eco-Design ; EPBT ; CPBT
- 刊名：Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：November 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：156
- 期：Complete
- 页码：37-48
- 全文大小：2279 K
文摘
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Cradle-to-grave life-cycle assessment comparing organic and silicon photovoltaics.
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Prospective OPV applications on solar rooftop arrays and portable solar chargers.
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Consideration of two end-of-life options: landfilling and incineration.
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OPV LCA impacts could be as much as 89% lower than silicon.
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Advances in efficiencies may provide quicker environmental benefits compared with lifetimes.