Solar energy conversion toward 1 terawatt

MRS Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 355-364

  Ginley, David ^a   Green, Martin A ^b   Collins, Reuben ^c  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYSILICON; SOLAR CELLS; THERMAL ENERGY; THIN FILMS;

HYBRID DEVICES; SOLAR POWER SYSTEMS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 41849096006     PISSN: 08837694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrs2008.71     Document Type: Article

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