Status and perspectives in R&D in PV Hanne Lauritzen, Special Adviser, Ph.D.
SOLCELLE INSTALLATIONER I DANMARK Akk. 2011: Ultimo 2012: 3627 installationer 11 MW > 30.000 installationer 150 MW 2
Source: Exxon Mobil: The Outlook for Energy: A view to 2040 3
0.8 GW, Avedøre værket 0.2 GW, Rørsand II 4
0.3 GW, Platforma Solar de Almeria (ES) 5 3 December 2012
Scalability Investment of limited resources The global energy challenge: 1 GW a day The polymer solar cell at a glance A solution to the 1 GW a day challenge 6
The fraction of the energy coming from the sun converted to respectively wave, bio and wind energy: 0.001 % 0,006 % 0,08 % 7
Addressing the 1 GW challenge is about investment of limited resources Return on Investment (ROI) Payback Time Energy Return Factor (ERF) Energy Payback Time (EPBT) 8
We have to minimize the embedded energy, to ensure scalability and timeliness Low materials usage No scarcely available materials Compatible with recycling or composting High-speed processing 4 sec. 8 sec. 36 hours 9
ProcessOne:
ProcessOne device: e - h + 11
Life cycle assessment as an R&D tool Espinosa et al., Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 95 (2011) 1293-1302
SILVER ITO 13
processing materials Process Ione Espinosa et al., Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 5117-5132 14
15
1 sec. 16
Beyond Process IOne FEASIBLE CHALLENGING Espinosa et al., Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 5117-5132 17
H 2 O
Beyond Process H FEASIBLE CHALLENGING Espinosa et al., Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 5117-5132 19
20
2000 21
An attractive energy investment? a desktop study Operational life EPBT ERF Crystalline Si 30 years 2 years 15 ProcessOne, PCE=3% 2 years 1 ½ years ~ 1 Process IOne, PCE=3% 2 years 86 days ~ 10 Feasible assumptions, PCE=3% 2 years 17 days ~ 50 Challenging assump., PCE=3% 2 years 7 days ~ 100 Challenging assump., PCE=10% 5 years 2 days ~ 1000 22
YES, investing energy in polymer solar cells is attractive - BUT WHAT ABOUNT THE MONEY? 23
Cost of the energy produced 5 years operational life time for modules Azzopardi et al, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 3741 24
YES, investing energy in polymer solar cells is attractive and the cost is acceptable 25
1 GW Espinosa et al, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 5117 5132 26
THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION 27 14.03.2012
Prof. Frederik Christian Krebs (Head of Group) Dr. Mikkel Jørgensen (Senior Scientist) Dr. Kion Normann (Senior Scientist) Dr. Jens Wenzel Andreasen (Senior Scientist) Dr. Eva Bundgaard (Senior Scientist) Martin H. Petersen (Postdoc) Suren Gevorgyan (Postdoc) Roar Søndergaard (Postdoc) Thomas Tromholt (Ph.D. student) Morten Vesterager Madsen (Ph.D. student) Jon Eggert Carlé ( Ph.D. student) Thomas Riecks Andersen (Ph.D. student) Birgitta Andreasen (Ph.D. student) Dechan Angmo (Ph.D. student) Arvid P.L. Böttiger (Ph.D. student) Henrik Friis Dam (Ph.D. student) Markus Hösel (Ph.D. student) Jakob Jensen (Ph.D. Student) Emil B. L. Pedersen (Ph.D. Student) Ole Hagemann (Lab. Tech.) Torben Kjær (Res. Tech.) Kristian Larsen (Res. Tech.) Dr. Hanne Lauritzen (Special Adviser) Birgit Oksbjerg (communication coordinator) M.Sc. Torben D. Nielsen (Business Developer) Dr. Peter Sommer-Larsen (Head of Programme) 28