Research and development priorities for silicon photovoltaic module recycling to support a circular economy

GA Heath, TJ Silverman, M Kempe, M Deceglie… - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Large-scale deployment of photovoltaic (PV) modules has considerably increased in recent
decades. Given an estimated lifetime of 30 years, the challenge of how to handle large …

A critical review of the circular economy for lithium-ion batteries and photovoltaic modules–status, challenges, and opportunities

GA Heath, D Ravikumar, B Hansen… - Journal of the Air & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
To meet net-zero emissions and cost targets for power production, recent analysis indicates
that photovoltaic (PV) capacity in the United States could exceed 1 TW by 2050 alongside …

Photovoltaic waste assessment of major photovoltaic installations in the United States of America

A Domínguez, R Geyer - Renewable energy, 2019 - Elsevier
During the last decade, photovoltaic capacity in the United States has grown annually by
65% on average. Such rapid growth in capacity is naturally followed by an equally rapid …

[PDF][PDF] Moving a step closer towards environmental sustainability in Asian countries: focusing on real income, urbanization, transport infrastructure, and research and …

F Qi, A Abu-Rumman, A Al Shraah, I Muda… - Economic research …, 2023 - hrcak.srce.hr
Environmental pollution has become the matter of concern all over the world with the
increase in urbanization, transport, industrialization and several other factors. The …

Novel method of sensitivity analysis improves the prioritization of research in anticipatory life cycle assessment of emerging technologies

D Ravikumar, TP Seager, S Cucurachi… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
It is now common practice in environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) to conduct
sensitivity analyses to identify critical parameters and prioritize further research. Typical …

Time value of greenhouse gas emissions in life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis

E Sproul, J Barlow, JC Quinn - Environmental science & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Life cycle assessment is a fundamental tool used to evaluate the environmental impact of
products. Standard life cycle assessment methodology ignores the impact of greenhouse …

The global climate value of offshore wind energy

A Cranmer, E Baker - Environmental Research Letters, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We estimate the climate value of offshore wind energy with a highly flexible, forward-looking
method that estimates the value in a consistent manner under a range of policies, including …

Sensitivity-based research prioritization through stochastic characterization modeling

BA Wender, V Prado, P Fantke, D Ravikumar… - … International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Product developers using life cycle toxicity characterization models to understand
the potential impacts of chemical emissions face serious challenges related to large data …

Optimal operation modes of photovoltaic-battery energy storage system based power plants considering typical scenarios

Y Gao, F Xue, W Yang, Q Yang, Y Sun… - … and Control of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in battery energy storage technologies enable increasing number of
photovoltaic-battery energy storage systems (PV-BESS) to be deployed and connected with …

SIIF: Semantic information interactive fusion network for photovoltaic defect segmentation

P Zhou, R Wang, C Wang, H Chen, K Liu - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Any defects or damage on photovoltaic panels significantly reduce photoelectric conversion
efficiency and service life. Therefore, the refined defect segmentation technology is the key …