Correlation between R&D expenditures and conversion efficiency improvement in R&D on solar cells

Renewable Energy

Volumn 15, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 523-526

  Endo, E ^a   Tamura, Y ^a  

^a ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conversion efficiency improvement; Correlation; Cost efficiency; R D expenditures; Solar cell; Technological progress model

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MODELS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; COST EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS MODEL;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0032157939     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-1481(98)00217-1     Document Type: Article

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