Importance of Developing High-Efficiency Solar Cells for PV-Powered Vehicles

Development of PV-powered vehicle applications is desirable and very important for creation of clean energy society. This paper presents PV efficiency impact on reduction in CO 2 emission and increase in driving distance. This paper shows analytical results for efficiency potential of various solar cells for choosing candidates of high-efficiency solar cell modules for automobile applications. As a result of analysis, static low concentrator PV and III-V/Si tandem solar cells are thought to be some of their candidates.