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Classicaland new

approachestothinfilm

photovoltaics

Claudio Manfredotti

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World PV module

production

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PV companiesin the world

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Public

research

centresin

Italy

Fonte : ENEA

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PV installationsinEurope 1 % !

Fonte : ENEA

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PV industrialproduction in Italy

Fonte : ENEA

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PV power inItaly

Fonte : ENEA

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Progress in PV energy

conversionefficiency

NREL

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•EFFICIENCY ?

•STABILITY ?

•COST ?

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New technologiesor just

reducingthe cost?

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Possiblefuture scenarios

Fonte : ENEA

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DSSC

DyeSensitized

Solar

Cells

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High efficiencySi solarcells

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Quantum DotsSolarCells( Nozik, NREL )

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Multi-excitongeneration (MEG)

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First EuropeanSchool

on ThinFilm Photovoltaics

Folgaria( Tn)

12 -17 january2009

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2007 market

Fonte : ENEA

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Multi-junctionsolarcells

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Thermodinamiclimits

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Hot carriersapproach

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CdTeand CIGS solarcells

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Projectedcostsof PV

modules

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Flexiblesolarcells