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Assessment of advanced materials for technologies in photovoltaics with emphasis on the aspect of circular economy.
- Project Leader
- Ehmoser Eva-Kathrin, Project Leader
- Duration:
- 01.09.2020-30.09.2021
- Programme:
- NANO EHS - F&E-Dienstleistungen
- Type of Research
- Applied Research
- Project partners
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Energieinstitut an der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.
Contact person: Dr. Simon Moser;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY, Linz, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Niyazi Serdar Sarıçiftçi Assoc. Prof. Dr. Markus Clark Scharber;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner
- Staff
- Part Florian, Sub Projectleader (bis 31.08.2021)
- Part Florian, Project Staff (bis 02.09.2020)
- Part Florian, Project Staff (bis 15.09.2020)
- Pavlicek Anna, Project Staff
- Fuchs Daniela, Project Staff (bis 30.09.2021)
- BOKU Research Units
- Institute of Synthetische Bioarchitekturen
- Institute of Waste Management and Circularity
- Subproject(s): Assessment of advanced materials for technologies in photovoltaics with emphasis on the aspect of circular economy. (SOLARcircle)
- Abstract
- New types of photovoltaic technologies ("Emerging" PV technologies) make it possible to produce ultra-thin, flexible and portable solar cells that open up new areas of application (from building to medical technology). The inorganic/organic
advanced materials used for this purpose, such as certain polymers, perovskites, quantum dots, etc., have great potential to increase the energy efficiency of solar cells, but as critical raw materials ('CRMs') they involve a high risk and uncertainties.
Therefore, the SolarCircle project will review and categorise usable advanced materials and assess their application and dissemination potential. Furthermore, a basis for the evaluation of potential release and disposal scenarios of emerging
PV technologies with special consideration of recycling and sustainability aspects will be established. The aim of SolarCircle is to develop a basis for decisions for R&D, authorities and end users in terms of a sustainable development of
emerging PV technologies. In a stakeholder workshop this concept will be discussed with the help of a concrete example in order to obtain a congruent and validated concept ("Descision supporting tool") for future PV technology related
research and applications.
- Keywords
- Risk research; Material sciences; Nanotechnology; Technology studies ;
- Advanced Materials; Emerging Solar Cells ; Photovoltaics; Safe by Design; Sustainable by Design;
- Publications
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* Greßler, S; Part, F; Pavlicek, A; Fuchs, D; Scharber, M; Sarıçiftçi, S; Rodin, V; Moser, S; Lindorfer, J; Ehmoser, E-K (2021): „Advanced Materials“ für innovative Solarzelltechnologien Teil II: Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung und Bedeutung in der Kreislaufwirtschaft.
NanoTrust-Dossiers, 057, 1-6; ISSN 1998-7293 FullText FullText_BOKU -
* Scharber, M; Rodin, V; Moser, S; Greßler, S; Part, F; Pavlicek, A; Fuchs, D; Sarıçiftçi, S; Lindorfer, J; Ehmoser, E-K (2021): „Advanced Materials“ für innovative Solarzelltechnologien. Teil I: Grundlagen, historische Entwicklung und Marktpotenziale.
NanoTrust-Dossiers, 056, 1-7; ISSN 1998-7293 FullText FullText_BOKU
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