Microscale C-SI (C)PV cells for low-cost power

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 001816-001821

  Nielson, Gregory N ^a   Okandan, Murat ^a   Resnick, Paul ^a   Cruz Campa, Jose L ^a   Pluym, Tammy ^a   Clews, Peggy J ^a   Steenbergen, Elizabeth ^a   Gupta, Vipin P ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY COSTS; FABRICATION TOOL; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; INSTALLATION COSTS; MICRO-SCALES; MODULE MANUFACTURING; PV SYSTEM; SILICON MATERIALS; SOLAR PVS; SYSTEM LEVELS;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 77951535266     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411500     Document Type: Conference Paper

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