Technical and economic opportunities for CdTe PV at the turn of the millennium

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 161-169

  Meyers, Peter V ^a   Albright, Scot P ^b  

^a ITN ENERGY SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^b Global Solar Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SALES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; THIN FILM DEVICES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC INDUSTRY;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0033886649     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(200001/02)8:1<161::AID-PIP307>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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