Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Development Knowledge Map: A Review of Visual Analysis Using CiteSpace

Achieving zero energy consumption in buildings is one of the most effective ways achieving ‘carbon neutrality’ and contributing to a green sustainable global development. Currently, BIPV systems are main approaches many countries. This paper presents evolution predicts their future trends by deriving base sample core papers on from 2012 2022 Web Science database conducting bibliometric study using CiteSpace scientific visualisation software. To gain deeper understanding grasp research progress systems, group discovery, hotspot analysis, frontier detection relevant literature were conducted. (1) Research groups topic summarised through author coupling network, publication distribution, country mapping analysis; (2) hotspots explored keyword co-occurrence, emergence, time zone map (3) co-citation timeline maps, categories, clustering analysis detect frontiers field. Finally, we conclude that mainly areas heat transfer, thermal performance, renewable energy, solar cell building materials, evaluation systems. In future, applications will move towards interdisciplinary multinational cooperation, which maximise benefits clean conversion buildings. It also provide researchers practitioners with clearer hotspots, new directions for research.