Materials challenges for terrestrial thin-film photovoltaics

JOM

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 31-36

  Compaan, Alvin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COMPETITION; COPPER; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; GALLIUM; INDIUM; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; NONMETALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYSILICON; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE (CDTE); CAST MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON; COPPER INDIUM GALLIUM DISELENIDE (CIGS); CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; INNOVATIVE DESIGNS; MARKET SHARES; MATERIALS QUALITY; PHOTOVOLTAICS (PV); SOLAR MODULES; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS (IF-PV); UNITED STATES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 47649121130     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: 15431851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-007-0149-6     Document Type: Review

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