DYE SENSITISED SOLAR CELLS FOR LARGE-SCALE PHOTOVOLTAICS; THE DETERMINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCES

This paper describes the results of a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) study of Dye Sensitised Solar Cells (DSC). The results are largely based on the operational experiences with a baseline for the semi-automated manufacturing of DSC devices. This baseline was installed in 2002 at ECN Solar Energy (Petten, The Netherlands). Results are compared with other energy technologies.