Present status and future of crystalline silicon solar cells in Japan

Solar Energy

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 104-110

  Yamaguchi, M ^a   Ohshita, Y ^a   Arafune, K ^a   Sai, H ^a   Tachibana, M ^a  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystalline silicon; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRICITY; PRODUCTIVITY; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS;

COST REDUCTION; CRYSTALLINE SILICON; HIGH-EFFICIENCY CELLS; MODULES;

SOLAR CELLS;

COST; PERFORMANCE; SILICON;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 29144525474     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2005.02.013     Document Type: Article

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