Heath, Garvin A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6010-4475
Silverman, Timothy J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4951-7994
Kempe, Michael
Deceglie, Michael https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7063-9676
Ravikumar, Dwarakanath
Remo, Timothy
Cui, Hao
Sinha, Parikhit https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4091-5702
Libby, Cara https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1262-9597
Shaw, Stephanie
Komoto, Keiichi
Wambach, Karsten
Butler, Evelyn https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6858-6920
Barnes, Teresa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3154-0558
Wade, Andreas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3941-1635
Funding for this research was provided by:
DOE | Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy | Solar Energy Technologies Office (DE-AC36-08GO28308, DE-AC36-08GO28308, DE-AC36-08GO28308, DE-AC36-08GO28308, DE-AC36-08GO28308, DE-AC36-08GO28308, DE-AC36-08GO28308)
Article History
Received: 14 September 2019
Accepted: 1 June 2020
First Online: 13 July 2020
Change Date: 22 July 2020
Change Type: Update
Change Details: The Supplementary Data file for this Perspective was missing; it has now been added.
Competing interests
: The authors declare employment-based competing interests for P.S., A.W. and E.B., and personal financial competing interest for K.W. A.W. is Global Sustainability Director with First Solar, a producer of thin film PV modules. P.S. is Senior Scientist with First Solar. K.W. is the owner of Wambach-Consulting, a sole-proprietorship consulting on sustainability aspects especially of PV systems. E.B. is the senior director of Codes and Standards with the Solar Energy Industries Association. Outside of the employment listed herein and the funding listed in the acknowledgments section, the authors declare no competing interests.