Technological status and market trends of photovoltaic cell industry

WSEAS Transactions on Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 303-312

  Güney, Irfan ^a   Onat, Nevzat ^b  

^a ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized; Efficiency; Installation cost; Nanotechnology; Silicon PV cells; Thin film

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY RESOURCES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MARKETING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

DYE-SENSITIZED; EFFICIENCY; INSTALLATION COST; SILICON PV CELLS; THIN FILM;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 59249100615     PISSN: 11099445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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