Materials availability for large-scale thin-film photovoltaics

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-76

  Andersson, Björn A ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PUBLIC POLICY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

DYE-SENSITIZED CELLS; SILICON GERMANIDE; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0033872777     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(200001/02)8:1<61::AID-PIP301>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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