Energy requirements of thin-film solar cell modules - a review

Renewable & sustainable energy reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 387-415

  Alsema, Erik ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCAPSULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILMS;

ENERGY ANALYSIS; GRID CONNECTED MODULE; THIN FILM SOLAR CELL;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0032299668     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-0321(98)00019-7     Document Type: Article

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