The ongoing development of photovoltaics into terawatt scale poses a number of challenges where the optics and photonics communities can contribute. An international consortium recently compiled a roadmap that elaborates on these challenges.

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Jäger, K., Burger, S., Aeberhard, U., Alarcón-Lladó, E., Bläsi, B., Ehrler, B., Favre, W., Fejfar, A., Gageot, T., Gordon, I., Helmers, H., Höhn, O., Isabella, O., Jošt, M., Ledinský, M., Mandal, J., Manley, P., Munoz, D., Ortiz Lizcano, J. C., Paetzold, U., Raman, A., Sai, H., Saive, R., Schmid, M., Yablonovitch, E.& Becker, C. (2024, August). A Roadmap on Optics for Terawatt Scale Photovoltaics. Advanced Photonics Congress 2024, Technical Digest Series, Paper STu2G.5.