Cradle-to-Cradle Design of Photovoltaic Modules

Project Information

C2C-PV

Grant agreement ID: 101088359

DOI

10.3030/101088359

EC signature date 23 February 2023

Start date 1 September 2023

End date 31 August 2028

Funded under

• European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 962 404,00

EU contribution

€ 1 962 404,00

Coordinated by

FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH
Germany

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Deliverables

Data Management Plan (1)

Data management plan

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (16)

From fossil fuels to photovoltaics: energy's role in human development and sustainability

Author(s): Ian Marius Peters
Published in: EES Solar, 2025, ISSN 3033-4063
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
DOI: 10.1039/D5EL00039D

Marshalling our productivity to create a sustainable global civilization

Author(s): Ian Marius Peters, Christian Breyer
Published in: Joule, Issue 9, 2025, ISSN 2542-4351
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JOULE.2025.101929

Strategic Global Deployment of Photovoltaic Technology: Balancing Economic Capacity and Decarbonization Potential

Author(s): Peters, Ian Marius
Published in: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2024, ISSN 1476-4687
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.34734/FZJ-2025-00083

Composition Restoration Enables Recycling of Mixed‐Cation, Mixed‐Halide Perovskites for Solar Cells

Author(s): Zhenni Wu, Katharina Dammer, Robert Skunde, Mykhailo Sytnyk, Christian Göllner, Fei Ding, Juan S. Rocha‐Ortiz, Albert These, Balázs Imre, Yanxue Wang, Dorothea Wisser, Christoph Brabec, Ian Marius Peters
Published in: Advanced Materials, Issue 38, 2026, ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ADMA.73266

Hybrid Learning Enables Reproducible >24% Efficiency in Autonomously Fabricated Perovskites Solar Cells

Author(s): Yanxue Wang, Sinuhé Perea‐Puente, Vincent M. Le Corre, Zhenni Wu, Mykhailo Sytnyk, Albert These, Jiyun Zhang, Chaohui Li, Larry Lüer, Jens Hauch, Christoph J. Brabec, Ian M. Peters
Published in: Advanced Energy Materials, Issue 16, 2026, ISSN 1614-6832
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/AENM.202504340

Are we ready to handle PV waste? A review of PV recycling regulations in Europe, the United States, China, and India

Author(s): Umer Shahzad, Cristina Irene Mihai, Ian Marius Peters
Published in: Energy, Sustainability and Society, Issue 16, 2026, ISSN 2192-0567
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/S13705-026-00595-7

Cradle-to-cradle recycling in terawatt photovoltaics: A vision of perpetual utility

Author(s): I. M. Peters, J. Hauch, C. Brabec
Published in: Joule, 2024, ISSN 2542-4351
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/J.JOULE.2024.01.025

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Author(s): Ian Marius Peters
Published in: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Issue 286, 2025, ISSN 0927-0248
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SOLMAT.2025.113589

Unveiling the Potential of Ultraviolet Fluorescence Imaging as a Versatile Inspection Tool: Insights from Extensive Photovoltaic Module Inspections in Multi‐MWp Photovoltaic Power Stations

Author(s): Claudia Buerhop‐Lutz, Oleksandr Stroyuk, Oleksandr Mashkov, Jens A. Hauch, Ian Marius Peters
Published in: Solar RRL, Issue 8, 2024, ISSN 2367-198X
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/SOLR.202400566

The ideal recyclable solar cell

Author(s): I. M. Peters; C. J. Brabec
Published in: Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2025, ISSN 1476-4687
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/S41570-025-00728-0

Polymer encapsulation impact on potential-induced degradation in PV modules revealed by a multi-modal field study

Author(s): C. Buerhop, O. Stroyuk, O. Mashkov, A. Barabash, J.A. Hauch, I.M. Peters
Published in: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Issue 277, 2024, ISSN 0927-0248
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SOLMAT.2024.113111

Closing the loop: recycling of MAPbI₃perovskite solar cells

Author(s): Wu, Zhenni; Sytnyk, Mykhailo; Zhang, Jiyun; Babayeva, Gulusum; Kupfer, Christian; Hu, Jin; Arnold, Simon; Hauch, Jens; Brabec, Christoph; Peters, Ian Marius
Published in: Energy and Environmental Science, 2024, ISSN 1754-5706
Publisher: RSC
DOI: 10.34734/FZJ-2024-03625

The coming photovoltaic glass wave: techno-economic sensitivity, learning effects, and material flow insights

Author(s): Umer Shahzad, Ian Marius Peters
Published in: Journal of Industrial Ecology, Issue 30, 2026, ISSN 1088-1980
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S44498-026-00134-9

A digital twin to overcome long-time challenges in photovoltaics

Author(s): Larry Lüer, Ian Marius Peters, Ana Sunčana Smith, Eva Dorschky, Bjoern M. Eskofier, Frauke Liers, Jörg Franke, Martin Sjarov, Matthias Brossog, Dirk M. Guldi, Andreas Maier, Christoph J. Brabec
Published in: Joule, Issue 8, 2024, ISSN 2542-4351
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JOULE.2023.12.010

Upcycling bullets into solar cells converts lead waste into a green energy source

Author(s): Mykhailo Sytnyk, Balázs Imre, Yanxue Wang, Zhenni Wu, Jiyun Zhang, Christian Göllner, Albert These, Frederik Schmitt, Anastasia Barabash, Serhiy Cherevko, Andrew Hainer, Olga Kasian, Jens Hauch, Christoph Brabec, Ian Marius Peters
Published in: Cell Reports Physical Science, Issue 7, 2026, ISSN 2666-3864
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.XCRP.2026.103207

Bypassing the Single Junction Limit with Advanced Photovoltaic Architectures

Author(s): Larry Lüer, Ian Marius Peters, Vincent M. Le Corre, Karen Forberich, Dirk M. Guldi, Christoph J. Brabec
Published in: Advanced Materials, Issue 36, 2023, ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ADMA.202308578