Perovskite photovoltaics

perovskite wafer cleaning

Reference product perovskite wafer, cleaned DE

Published Version 1.0.0 Latest published

Stable dataset identity perovskite-wafer-cleaning

Unit
square meter
Reuse license
CC BY-NC 3.0
Published
2026-07-15
Version
1.0.0
Technology maturity
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Published inventory

Overview

Process description and catalog context. View scientific metadata

Description

Wet cleaning of wafer substrates. Encoded production reference: 1 square meter.

Dataset details

Classification, keywords, bookmarks and download counts.

Classification
Perovskite photovoltaics (materials/photovoltaics/perovskite)
Bookmarks
0
Raw file downloads
0
Generated export downloads
0

Classification path: Materials > Photovoltaic materials and components > Perovskite photovoltaics

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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
Mature 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 26 exchanges · exchange table, supply-chain graph and environmental screening.

Precalculated screening profile

Environmental impacts

Results per square meter, 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 5.10452 kg CO2-Eq / square meter
Screening result

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

Show all 16 indicator totals
Acidification 0.0278654 mol H+-Eq / square meter
Climate change 5.10452 kg CO2-Eq / square meter
Freshwater ecotoxicity 27.8664 CTUe / square meter
Freshwater eutrophication 0.00147787 kg P-Eq / square meter
Marine eutrophication 0.0121957 kg N-Eq / square meter
Terrestrial eutrophication 0.097125 mol N-Eq / square meter
Human toxicity, cancer 3.0395e-09 CTUh / square meter
Human toxicity, non-cancer 5.6096e-08 CTUh / square meter
Ionising radiation 1.66415 kBq U235-Eq / square meter
Land use 39.1215 dimensionless / square meter
Ozone depletion 6.6265e-07 kg CFC-11-Eq / square meter
Particulate matter 1.7406e-07 disease incidence / square meter
Photochemical ozone formation 0.0311939 kg NMVOC-Eq / square meter
Resource use, fossils 83.567 MJ, net calorific value / square meter
Resource use, minerals and metals 1.8832e-05 kg Sb-Eq / square meter
Water use 6.66379 m3 world Eq deprived / square meter
Calculation details

Profile uvek-2025-ef-v3-1-4e70d56a85b1 · artifact 4e70d56a85b1 · calculated 2026-11-03 09:04 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 wafer cleaning
DE
perovskite wafer, cleaned
1
square meter - Reference flow

Inputs

Technosphere inputs 25 rows Linked foreground or background product inputs used by this dataset.
Exchange Reference / categories Amount Unit Metadata Climate change contribution
perovskite wafer, transported
1
square meter -
6.11364 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 119.8% of total
market for hydrogen fluoride
RER
hydrogen fluoride
7.29e-07
kilogram -
1.5347e-06 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for water, ultrapure
RER
water, ultrapure
7.58e-04
kilogram -
3.3100e-07 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for hydrochloric acid, without water, in 30% solution state
RER
hydrochloric acid, without water, in 30% solution state
2.08e-07
kilogram
1.1574e-07 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for water, ultrapure
RER
water, ultrapure
1.11e-04
kilogram -
4.8459e-08 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for potassium hydroxide
GLO
potassium hydroxide
2.48e-06
kilogram -
3.6621e-06 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for water, ultrapure
RER
water, ultrapure
2.48e-03
kilogram -
1.0817e-06 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for water, ultrapure
RER
water, ultrapure
0.02
kilogram -
7.6519e-06 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for ethanol, without water, in 99.7% solution state, from ethylene
RER
ethanol, without water, in 99.7% solution state, from ethylene
2.63e-06
kilogram -
4.4684e-06 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for sodium hydroxide, without water, in 50% solution state
RER
sodium hydroxide, without water, in 50% solution state
4.38e-04
kilogram
0.000271731 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for oxygen, liquid
RER
oxygen, liquid
3.75e-04
kilogram
7.9124e-05 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for nitrogen, liquid
RER
nitrogen, liquid
5.80e-03
kilogram
0.0012978 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market group for electricity, medium voltage
Europe without Switzerland
electricity, medium voltage
0.09
kilowatt hour
0.00777122 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.2% of total
BAFU:2025
ultra pure water
2.59
kilogram
0.0010242 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
compressed air, 14 bar, low efficiency
0.01
cubic meter
0.00108738 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
market for polystyrene foam slab
GLO
polystyrene foam slab
8.48e-05
kilogram -
0.000281728 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for packaging film, low density polyethylene
GLO
packaging film, low density polyethylene
1.41e-04
kilogram -
0.000393875 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
treatment of waste polystyrene, municipal incineration FAE
CH
waste polystyrene
-8.48e-05
kilogram -
-0.000272069 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for waste plastic, industrial electronics
CH
waste plastic, industrial electronics
-1.41e-04
kilogram -
-0.000432296 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
treatment of waste, from silicon wafer production, underground deposit
DE
waste, from silicon wafer production
-2.69e-05
kilogram -
-3.1301e-06 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for hazardous waste, for incineration
Europe without Switzerland
hazardous waste, for incineration
-1.41e-06
kilogram
-3.3338e-06 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
exhaust, general
-1.24
cubic meter
0.00019258 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
exhaust, acidic
-1.86
cubic meter
0.0055315 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.1% of total
exhaust, caustic
-1.88
cubic meter
0.00192746 kg CO2-Eq / square meter 0.0% of total
waste water
-2.55e-03
cubic meter
-1.02829 kg CO2-Eq / square meter -20.1% of total
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