Sustainability of silicon feedstock for a low-carbon society

Sustainability Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-131

  Takiguchi, Hiroaki ^a   Morita, Kazuki ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low carbon society; Purified silicon; Resource effective use index; Solar cell; Sound material cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 64449088861     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-009-0069-1     Document Type: Article

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