Materials availability expands the opportunity for large-scale photovoltaics deployment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2072-2077

  Wadia, Cyrus ^a,b   Alivisatos, A Paul ^b,c,d   Kammen, Daniel M ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY OUTPUTS; EXTRACTION COSTS; GLOBAL ENERGY MARKETS; LARGE-SCALE PHOTOVOLTAICS; LOWER COSTS; NEW APPROACHES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ROAD MAPS; SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS; THIN FILM MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER OXIDES; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; ZINC;

EXTRACTION;

CARBON; FERROUS SULFATE; ZINC PHOSPHATE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; SOLAR POWER;

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ELECTRICITY; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 64549089541     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8019534     Document Type: Article

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