Global green energy conversion revolution in 21st century through solid state devices

"2008 26th International Conference on Microelectronics, Proceedings, MIEL 2008"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 45-54

  Singh, R ^a   Gupta, N ^a   Poole, K F ^a  

^a South   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLASS INDUSTRY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROELECTRONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RAW MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON; SOLID STATE DEVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; THICK FILMS;

CLEAN ENERGY; GREEN ENERGY; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 51749087704     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMEL.2008.4559221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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