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dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Felix
dc.contributor.authorSchaeffer, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorLenz, Markus
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-03T09:00:01Z
dc.date.available2020-03-03T09:00:01Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.urihttps://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/30658
dc.description.abstractRenewable energies, such as sunlight, wind and geothermal heat, are resources that are replaced rapidly by natural processes. However, wind, hydro and solar installations strictly require raw materials that are, in fact, not renewable. Many raw materials are already facing a supply shortage which cannot be easily overcome. This work reviews the problem of critical raw material (CRM) use in photovoltaics (PV) as an example and explains why supply cannot be easily increased to meet demand. We discuss whether there is indeed a 'struggle for elements' in a Darwinian sense, which ultimately leads to a 'survival of the fittest' race in renewable energy technology. In the case of PV, the perception of the definition of 'fittest' needs to change from that considering energy conversion efficiency alone to that which holistically considers net energy produced per emission under the premise that sufficient environmentally and socially acceptable raw material supply exists for renewable energies and all other sectors.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/scs/chimia/2019/00000073/00000011/art00003en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofChimiaen_US
dc.accessRightsAnonymous*
dc.subjectClean technologiesen_US
dc.subjectcritical raw materialsen_US
dc.subjectsecondary sourcesen_US
dc.subjectthin film photovoltaicsen_US
dc.titleRenewable Energy from Finite Resources: Example of Emerging Photovoltaicsen_US
dc.type01 - Zeitschriftenartikel, Journalartikel oder Magazin*
dc.volume73en_US
dc.issue11en_US
dc.audienceScienceen_US
fhnw.publicationStatePublisheden_US
fhnw.ReviewTypeAnonymous ex ante peer review of a complete publicationen_US
fhnw.InventedHereYesen_US
fhnw.PublishedSwitzerlandYesen_US
fhnw.IsStudentsWorknoen_US
fhnw.publicationOnlineJaen_US


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