Thin film PV manufacturing: Materials costs and their optimization

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 375-386

  Zweibel, Ken ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; THIN FILM DEVICES;

COPPER INDIUM DISELENIDE;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0034738860     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(00)00057-X     Document Type: Article

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