Application of life-cycle energy analysis to photovoltaic module design

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 287-300

  Keoleian, Gregory A ^a   Lewis, Geoffrey McD ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SERVICE LIFE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

LIFE CYCLE ENERGY ANALYSIS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0031193039     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199707/08)5:4<287::AID-PIP169>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Review

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