# Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/photovoltaic-systems-and-sustainability-2/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 218,790 |
| Description | This cluster of papers focuses on the environmental impacts, life cycle assessment, energy payback time, and greenhouse gas emissions of solar energy technologies, particularly photovoltaic systems. It also explores the integration of solar panels with agriculture (agrivoltaic systems) and the recycling and end-of-life management of photovoltaic modules. |
| Domain | Physical Sciences |
| Field | Environmental Science |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T12838 |
| Works | 110,969 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Philippe Ciais](https://scholariq.org/researchers/philippe-ciais/)
- [Frede Blaabjerg](https://scholariq.org/researchers/frede-blaabjerg/)
- [Seeram Ramakrishna](https://scholariq.org/researchers/seeram-ramakrishna/)
- [Peidong Yang](https://scholariq.org/researchers/peidong-yang/)
- [Josep Peñuelas](https://scholariq.org/researchers/josep-penuelas/)
- [A. Paul Alivisatos](https://scholariq.org/researchers/a-paul-alivisatos/)
- [Detlef P. van Vuuren](https://scholariq.org/researchers/detlef-p-van-vuuren/)
- [Ki‐Hyun Kim](https://scholariq.org/researchers/ki-hyun-kim-2/)
- [Martin A. Green](https://scholariq.org/researchers/martin-a-green/)
- [Jianmin Chen](https://scholariq.org/researchers/jianmin-chen/)
- [Nathan S. Lewis](https://scholariq.org/researchers/nathan-s-lewis/)
- [Douglas R. MacFarlane](https://scholariq.org/researchers/douglas-r-macfarlane/)

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