Optics for terawatt-scale photovoltaics: review and perspectives

Klaus Jäger; Urs Aeberhard; Esther Alarcon Llado; Benedikt Bläsi; Sven Burger; Bruno Ehrler; Wilfried Favre; Antonín Fejfar; Tristan Gageot; Ivan Gordon; Henning Helmers; Oliver Höhn; Olindo Isabella; Marko Jošt; Martin Ledinský; Jyotirmoy Mandal; Phillip Manley; Delfina Muñoz; Zunaid Omair; Juan Camilo Ortiz Lizcano; Ulrich W. Paetzold; Aaswath P. Raman; Hitoshi Sai; Rebecca Saive; Martina Schmid; Eli Yablonovitch; Christiane Becker

doi:10.1364/AOP.530556

Optics for terawatt-scale photovoltaics: review and perspectives

Klaus Jäger, Urs Aeberhard, Esther Alarcon Llado, Benedikt Bläsi, Sven Burger, Bruno Ehrler, Wilfried Favre, Antonín Fejfar, Tristan Gageot, Ivan Gordon, Henning Helmers, Oliver Höhn, Olindo Isabella, Marko Jošt, Martin Ledinský, Jyotirmoy Mandal, Phillip Manley, Delfina Muñoz, Zunaid Omair, Juan Camilo Ortiz LizcanoUlrich W. Paetzold, Aaswath P. Raman, Hitoshi Sai, Rebecca Saive, Martina Schmid, Eli Yablonovitch, Christiane Becker

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Abstract

In this section, we described the various device architectures in production for crystalline-silicon PV as well as the various absorber materials being used and developed for thin-film PV. We also explained why multijunction PV technology is considered the future of PV technology. We identified four major technological challenges (Fig. 1) for future mass production and deployment of PV technology in order to achieve the goal of climate neutrality and indicated how optics could help resolve these challenges. The four main challenges (Fig. 1) are: • Sustainable production of PV systems; • Higher energy conversion efficiencies; • Higher energy output and operational lifetime; • Integration of PV systems in their environment.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	185-294
Number of pages	110
Journal	Advances in Optics and Photonics
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AOP.530556
State	Published - Mar 31 2025
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Access to Document

10.1364/AOP.530556

Cite this

Jäger, K., Aeberhard, U., Llado, E. A., Bläsi, B., Burger, S., Ehrler, B., Favre, W., Fejfar, A., Gageot, T., Gordon, I., Helmers, H., Höhn, O., Isabella, O., Jošt, M., Ledinský, M., Mandal, J., Manley, P., Muñoz, D., Omair, Z., ... Becker, C. (2025). Optics for terawatt-scale photovoltaics: review and perspectives. Advances in Optics and Photonics, 17(1), 185-294. https://doi.org/10.1364/AOP.530556

@article{4251ffedaad24965a2757e34f909ffec,

title = "Optics for terawatt-scale photovoltaics: review and perspectives",

abstract = "In this section, we described the various device architectures in production for crystalline-silicon PV as well as the various absorber materials being used and developed for thin-film PV. We also explained why multijunction PV technology is considered the future of PV technology. We identified four major technological challenges (Fig. 1) for future mass production and deployment of PV technology in order to achieve the goal of climate neutrality and indicated how optics could help resolve these challenges. The four main challenges (Fig. 1) are: • Sustainable production of PV systems; • Higher energy conversion efficiencies; • Higher energy output and operational lifetime; • Integration of PV systems in their environment.",

author = "Klaus J{\"a}ger and Urs Aeberhard and Llado, \{Esther Alarcon\} and Benedikt Bl{\"a}si and Sven Burger and Bruno Ehrler and Wilfried Favre and Anton{\'i}n Fejfar and Tristan Gageot and Ivan Gordon and Henning Helmers and Oliver H{\"o}hn and Olindo Isabella and Marko Jo{\v s}t and Martin Ledinsk{\'y} and Jyotirmoy Mandal and Phillip Manley and Delfina Mu{\~n}oz and Zunaid Omair and Lizcano, \{Juan Camilo Ortiz\} and Paetzold, \{Ulrich W.\} and Raman, \{Aaswath P.\} and Hitoshi Sai and Rebecca Saive and Martina Schmid and Eli Yablonovitch and Christiane Becker",

year = "2025",

month = mar,

day = "31",

doi = "10.1364/AOP.530556",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "17",

pages = "185--294",

journal = "Advances in Optics and Photonics",

issn = "1943-8206",

publisher = "Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)",

number = "1",

}

Jäger, K, Aeberhard, U, Llado, EA, Bläsi, B, Burger, S, Ehrler, B, Favre, W, Fejfar, A, Gageot, T, Gordon, I, Helmers, H, Höhn, O, Isabella, O, Jošt, M, Ledinský, M, Mandal, J, Manley, P, Muñoz, D, Omair, Z, Lizcano, JCO, Paetzold, UW, Raman, AP, Sai, H, Saive, R, Schmid, M, Yablonovitch, E & Becker, C 2025, 'Optics for terawatt-scale photovoltaics: review and perspectives', Advances in Optics and Photonics, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 185-294. https://doi.org/10.1364/AOP.530556

TY - JOUR

T1 - Optics for terawatt-scale photovoltaics

T2 - review and perspectives

AU - Jäger, Klaus

AU - Aeberhard, Urs

AU - Llado, Esther Alarcon

AU - Bläsi, Benedikt

AU - Burger, Sven

AU - Ehrler, Bruno

AU - Favre, Wilfried

AU - Fejfar, Antonín

AU - Gageot, Tristan

AU - Gordon, Ivan

AU - Helmers, Henning

AU - Höhn, Oliver

AU - Isabella, Olindo

AU - Jošt, Marko

AU - Ledinský, Martin

AU - Mandal, Jyotirmoy

AU - Manley, Phillip

AU - Muñoz, Delfina

AU - Omair, Zunaid

AU - Lizcano, Juan Camilo Ortiz

AU - Paetzold, Ulrich W.

AU - Raman, Aaswath P.

AU - Sai, Hitoshi

AU - Saive, Rebecca

AU - Schmid, Martina

AU - Yablonovitch, Eli

AU - Becker, Christiane

PY - 2025/3/31

Y1 - 2025/3/31

N2 - In this section, we described the various device architectures in production for crystalline-silicon PV as well as the various absorber materials being used and developed for thin-film PV. We also explained why multijunction PV technology is considered the future of PV technology. We identified four major technological challenges (Fig. 1) for future mass production and deployment of PV technology in order to achieve the goal of climate neutrality and indicated how optics could help resolve these challenges. The four main challenges (Fig. 1) are: • Sustainable production of PV systems; • Higher energy conversion efficiencies; • Higher energy output and operational lifetime; • Integration of PV systems in their environment.

AB - In this section, we described the various device architectures in production for crystalline-silicon PV as well as the various absorber materials being used and developed for thin-film PV. We also explained why multijunction PV technology is considered the future of PV technology. We identified four major technological challenges (Fig. 1) for future mass production and deployment of PV technology in order to achieve the goal of climate neutrality and indicated how optics could help resolve these challenges. The four main challenges (Fig. 1) are: • Sustainable production of PV systems; • Higher energy conversion efficiencies; • Higher energy output and operational lifetime; • Integration of PV systems in their environment.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105003027862

UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=105003027862&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1364/AOP.530556

DO - 10.1364/AOP.530556

M3 - Review article

AN - SCOPUS:105003027862

SN - 1943-8206

VL - 17

SP - 185

EP - 294

JO - Advances in Optics and Photonics

JF - Advances in Optics and Photonics

IS - 1

ER -

Optics for terawatt-scale photovoltaics: review and perspectives

Abstract

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this