Thesis_PhD_Final_Submission_Reza_Asadpour_Purdue_University.pdf (10.31 MB)
EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF LOW-COST PEROVSKITE CELLS AND IMPROVED MODULE RELIABILITY TO REDUCE LEVELIZED COST OF ELECTRICITY
The manufacturing cost of solar cells along with their efficiency and reliability define the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE). One needs to reduce LCOE to make solar cells cost competitive compared to other sources of electricity. After a sustained decrease since 2001 the manufacturing cost of the dominant photovoltaic technology based on c-Si solar cells has recently reached a plateau. Further reduction in LCOE is only possible by increasing the efficiency and/or reliability of c-Si cells. Among alternate technologies, organic photovoltaics (OPV) has reduced manufacturing cost, but they do not offer any LCOE gain because their lifetime and efficiency are significantly lower than c-Si. Recently, perovskite solar cells have showed promising results in terms of both cost and efficiency, but their reliability/stability is still a concern and the physical origin of the efficiency gain is not fully understood.
Funding
U.S. Department of Energy under DOE Cooperative Agreement No. DE-EE0004946
National Science Foundation under Grant No. #1724728
History
Degree Type
- Doctor of Philosophy
Department
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
Campus location
- West Lafayette
Advisor/Supervisor/Committee Chair
Prof. Muhammad A. AlamAdditional Committee Member 2
Prof. Mark LundstromAdditional Committee Member 3
Prof. Peter BermelAdditional Committee Member 4
Prof. Peide YeUsage metrics
Categories
Keywords
Solar CellSolar ModuleReliabilityLevelized Cost of ElectricityLCOEPerovskite Solar CellsRuddlesden-Popper PerovskiteTandem Solar CellBifaicial Solar CellContact CorrosionContact DelaminationSolder Bond FailureDark Lock-in ThermographyDLITMarkov Chain MethodElectrical and Electronic Engineering not elsewhere classifiedRenewable Power and Energy Systems Engineering (excl. Solar Cells)Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells