Thin film photovoltaics offer an alternative to conventional silicon solar panels. Especially notable are flexible thin film solar, utilizing organic or perovskite semiconductors as the light absorbing material.
Rather than competing directly with silicon PV on a levelized cost of energy basis, these emerging solar cell technologies are gaining traction for applications that utilize alternative attributes, such as conformality, low weight, semi-transparency, and improved efficiency under diffuse light.
Semi-transparent building integrated PV and small-scale indoor energy harvesting based on organic solar cells are now gaining commercial traction, with extensive growth at over 40% CAGR forecast for the forthcoming higher efficiency perovskite cells.
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