CIS manufacturing at the megawatt scale

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 478-483

  Wieting, Robert D ^a  

^a Shell Solar Industries LP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCAPSULATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILICON WAFERS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

MEGAWATT SCALE; MODULE EFFICIENCY; TOTAL MODULE COST;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0036948445     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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