Perovskite photovoltaics

perovskite cell contact formation

Reference product metallized perovskite cell DE

Published Version 1.0.0 Latest published

Stable dataset identity perovskite-cell-contact-formation

Unit
unit
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Published
2026-07-15
Version
1.0.0
Technology maturity
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Overview

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Description

Contact formation on one metallized perovskite-on-silicon cell intermediate.

Dataset details

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Classification
Perovskite photovoltaics (materials/photovoltaics/perovskite)
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Metadata & sources Methods, scope, reference years, publications, contributors, projects and funding.

Source

Source documentation, background profiles and references.

Scientific journal publication

Martin Roffeis; Simon Kirner; Jan Christoph Goldschmidt; Bernd Stannowski; Laura Miranda Perez; Christopher Case; Matthias Finkbeiner (2022). New insights into the environmental performance of perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cells – a life cycle assessment of industrially manufactured modules. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 6(12), 2924–2940. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2se00096b

Background database
ecoinvent / 3.10
Background system model
cut-off
Biosphere database
ecoinvent / 3.10

These are the stored source profiles for this version. Foreground methodology is recorded in Scientific metadata.

Technology characterization Scale, utilization, production, lifetime, technology readiness and representativeness.
Commercial maturity stage
First commercial
Design capacity
Not provided
Design capacity unit
Not provided
Capacity factor
Not provided
Annual production volume
Not provided
Annual production volume unit
Not provided
Annual production volume year
Not provided
Plant lifetime
Not provided
TRL scale Higher is more mature. 9: routine commercial deployment 8: commercial, but still niche or scaling 7: first-commercial or advanced demonstration 6: engineering-scale demonstration 5: pilot or large prototype 4: bench or lab validated 3: research-stage concept Technology readiness level
1 to 5 scale Lower is better. 1: strong market- or operating-data basis 2: commercially plausible, but still somewhat specific 3: partly representative, with modelling or adaptation bias 4: pilot, proxy-based, scaled-up, or prospective 5: weak representation of the real technology state Technological representativeness
1 to 5 scale Lower is better. 1: geography matches the claimed scope well 2: regionally credible, but broader or less exact 3: generic regional or global proxy 4: weak proxy or clear geographic mismatch 5: geography is effectively unsupported Geographical representativeness
1 to 5 scale Lower is better. 1: current for that technology class 2: slightly dated, but still good 3: dated enough to need caution 4: stale, pilot-era, or prospective relative to current practice 5: clearly not representative of the current state Temporal representativeness

Missing exchange uncertainty generation: Not requested

Representativeness scores use a 1–5 scale when provided. Lower scores indicate a closer fit to the modeled technology, geography, or time period.

Inventory & impacts 20 exchanges · exchange table, supply-chain graph and environmental screening.

Precalculated screening profile

Environmental impacts

Results per unit, using UVEK 2025 and the ecoinvent 3.10 biosphere. Exchange rows are shaded from green to red by relative contribution to the selected indicator.

Climate change 5.52395 kg CO2-Eq / unit
Screening result

This screening result uses Brightpath mappings from the source background to UVEK 2025; mapped suppliers are not claims of scientific equivalence.

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Acidification 0.0306415 mol H+-Eq / unit
Climate change 5.52395 kg CO2-Eq / unit
Freshwater ecotoxicity 25.0126 CTUe / unit
Freshwater eutrophication 0.00151352 kg P-Eq / unit
Marine eutrophication 0.0109229 kg N-Eq / unit
Terrestrial eutrophication 0.0989847 mol N-Eq / unit
Human toxicity, cancer 3.2951e-09 CTUh / unit
Human toxicity, non-cancer 6.0604e-08 CTUh / unit
Ionising radiation 1.9848 kBq U235-Eq / unit
Land use 41.2212 dimensionless / unit
Ozone depletion 6.8211e-07 kg CFC-11-Eq / unit
Particulate matter 1.8191e-07 disease incidence / unit
Photochemical ozone formation 0.0321539 kg NMVOC-Eq / unit
Resource use, fossils 91.0128 MJ, net calorific value / unit
Resource use, minerals and metals 0.000162103 kg Sb-Eq / unit
Water use 7.01452 m3 world Eq deprived / unit
Calculation details

Profile uvek-2025-ef-v3-1-4e70d56a85b1 · artifact 4e70d56a85b1 · calculated 2026-09-28 11:12 UTC. These screening results do not replace a reviewed comparative LCA.

Dataset contents

Reference flows, emissions, technosphere inputs, and natural resources in this published snapshot.

Outputs

Reference flow 1 row Reference production exchanges extracted from the uploaded inventory.
Exchange Reference / categories Amount Unit Metadata Climate change contribution
perovskite cell contact formation
DE
metallized perovskite cell
1
unit - Reference flow

Inputs

Technosphere inputs 19 rows Linked foreground or background product inputs used by this dataset.
Exchange Reference / categories Amount Unit Metadata Climate change contribution
perovskite cell, sputtered 3
1
unit -
5.5 kg CO2-Eq / unit 99.6% of total
market for chemical, organic
GLO
chemical, organic
2.86e-06
kilogram -
5.6513e-06 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for silver
GLO
silver
1.09e-04
kilogram -
0.00538916 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.1% of total
BAFU:2025
market group for electricity, medium voltage
Europe without Switzerland
electricity, medium voltage
0.03
kilowatt hour -
0.00270138 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market group for heat, district or industrial, natural gas
RER
heat, district or industrial, natural gas
8.54e-05
megajoule -
7.6688e-06 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for solder factory
GLO
solder factory
2.29e-14
unit -
3.7786e-09 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for tin
GLO
tin
2.86e-06
kilogram -
3.5030e-05 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market group for transport, freight train
RER
transport, freight train
5.02e-06
ton kilometer -
3.7335e-06 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for transport, freight, inland waterways, barge
RER
transport, freight, inland waterways, barge
2.51e-06
ton kilometer -
9.2576e-08 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for transport, freight, lorry, unspecified
RER
transport, freight, lorry, unspecified
1.96e-05
ton kilometer -
2.4477e-05 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
window frame production, aluminium, U=1.6 W/m2K
RER
window frame, aluminium, U=1.6 W/m2K
1.98e-06
square meter -
0.000635691 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for adhesive, for metal
RER
adhesive, for metal
7.02e-04
kilogram -
0.00325148 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.1% of total
BAFU:2025
steel production, chromium steel 18/8, hot rolled
RER
steel, chromium steel 18/8, hot rolled
2.00e-03
kilogram -
0.00886218 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.2% of total
BAFU:2025
compressed air, 14 bar, low efficiency
0.03
cubic meter
0.00294237 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.1% of total
treatment of waste, from silicon wafer production, underground deposit
DE
waste, from silicon wafer production
-1.36e-08
kilogram -
-1.5853e-09 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for hazardous waste, for incineration
Europe without Switzerland
hazardous waste, for incineration
-7.16e-10
kilogram -
-1.6884e-09 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for stockpiling of anode slime from electrorefining of copper, anode
GLO
stockpiling of anode slime from electrorefining of copper, anode
-5.73e-06
kilogram -
-1.8749e-05 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for waste aluminium
RoW
waste aluminium
-3.99e-05
kilogram -
-1.7523e-05 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
exhaust, general
-0.82
cubic meter
0.000126793 kg CO2-Eq / unit 0.0% of total
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