Cost boundaries for future PV solar cell modules

2008 IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, ICSET 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 589-594

  Azzopardi, B ^a   Mutale, J ^a   Kirschen, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficiency degradation; Hybrid QD based solar cells; Life cycle costing; Life expectancy; Photovoltaic (PV)

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DEGRADATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TECHNOLOGY;

EFFICIENCY DEGRADATION; HYBRID QD-BASED SOLAR CELLS; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV);

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 62949212693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSET.2008.4747076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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