Improved estimates for Te and Se availability from Cu anode slimes and recent price trends

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 743-751

  Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Materials availability; Se availability; Te and Se prices; Te availability

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; REFINING; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM; SEMICONDUCTING TELLURIUM;

MATERIAL AVAILABILITY; MATERIALS AVAILABILITY; SILICON TECHNOLOGIES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 33845584148     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.703     Document Type: Article

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