journal article·2026-02Open access

Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 6)

Osbel Almora, Agustin O. Alvarez, Derya Baran, Carlos I. Cabrera, Luigi A. Castriotta, Bruno Ehrler, Sule Erten‐Ela, Kenjiro Fukuda, Fei Guo, Jens Hauch, Anita W.Y. Ho‐Baillie, T. Jesper Jacobsson, Rene A. J. Janssen, Thomas Kirchartz, Maria A. Loi, Richard R. Lunt, Xavier Mathew, Jie Min, David B. Mitzi, Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin, Ana F. Nogueira, Ulrich W. Paetzold, Nam‐Gyu Park, Barry P. Rand, Henry Snaith, Takao Someya, Christian Sprau, Lulu Sun, Karen Forberich, Christoph J. Brabec

Advanced Energy Materials· Volume 16· Issue 7

Abstract

ABSTRACT This 6th annual Emerging PV Report surveys peer‐reviewed advances since August 2024 across perovskite, organic, kesterite, matildite, antimony seleno‐sulfide, selenium, and tandem solar cell architectures. Updated graphs, tables, and analyses compile the best‐performing devices from the emerging‐pv.org database, benchmarking power conversion efficiency ( PCE ), flexible photovoltaic fatigue factor ( F ), light‐utilization efficiency ( LUE ), and stability‐test energy yield (STEY) against detailed‐balance efficiency limits as functions of photovoltaic bandgap, and average visible transmittance ( AVT ) for (semi‐)transparent devices. Beyond efficiency, operational stability is assessed via degradation rates ( DR ) and t 95 lifetimes. Highlights include single‐junction perovskite cells with efficiencies above 27%, organics surpassing 20%, and new Si/perovskite tandems exceeding 34%. Although multiple record efficiencies have been achieved this year, advances in mechanical robustness and operational stability remain inconsistent, especially in complex tandem stacks, emphasizing the urgent need for standardized protocols, improved large‐area homogeneity, and database‐driven benchmarks to accelerate the transition from laboratory demonstrations to scalable, real‐world deployment.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · solar cell performance optimization · Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

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Affiliations

Universitat Rovira i Virgili Tarragona 43007 Spain

Erlangen Graduate School of Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) 91052 Erlangen Germany

LMPV‐Sustainable Energy Materials Department AMOLF Amsterdam 1098 XG The Netherlands

Materials Science and Engineering Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal 23955‐6900 Saudi Arabia

Center for Renewable Energy and Storage Technologies (CREST) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal 23955‐6900 Saudi Arabia

Unidad Académica de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Luz y la Materia Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas Zacatecas 98160 Mexico

Department of Electronic Engineering CHOSE (Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy) Tor Vergata University of Rome Rome 00133 Italy

Ege University Solar Energy Institute Bornova Izmir 35100 Turkey

Division of Electrical Electronic and Infocommunications Engineering Graduate School of Engineering The University of Osaka Suita Osaka 565‐0871 Japan

Institute of New Energy Technology College of Physics & Optoelectronic Engineering Jinan University Guangzhou 510632 China

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Helmholtz‐Institut Erlangen‐Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) 91058 Erlangen Germany

School of Physics and The University of Sydney Nano Institute The University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 Australia

Department of Physics Chemistry and Biology (IFM) Linköping University Linköping 58339 Sweden

Molecular Materials and Nanosystems & Institute for Complex Molecular Systems Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven 5600 MB The Netherlands

Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research Eindhoven 5612 AJ The Netherlands

IMD‐3 Photovoltaics Forschungszentrum Jülich 52425 Jülich Germany

Faculty of Engineering and CENIDE University of Duisburg‐Essen 47057 Duisburg Germany

Zernike Institute of Advanced Materials University of Groningen Groningen AG NL‐9747 The Netherlands

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Department of Physics and Astronomy Michigan State University East Lansing MI 48824 USA

Instituto de Energías Renovables Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Temixco Morelos 62580 México

The Institute for Advanced Studies Wuhan University Wuhan 430072 China

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science & Department of Chemistry Duke University Durham NC 27708 USA

Group for Molecular Engineering and Functional Materials Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques Sion CH‐1951 Switzerland

Instituto de Quimica Universidade Estadual de Campinas Campinas Sao Paulo 13083‐859 Brazil

Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) 76344 Eggenstein‐Leopoldshafen Germany

Funding

HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme · National Science Foundation

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