Nanomaterials in PV manufacture: Some life cycle environmental- and health-considerations

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 002003-002008

  Fthenakis, V ^a,b   Kim, H C ^b   Gualtero, S ^b   Bourtsalas, A ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY USE; LABORATORY SCALE; MASS PRODUCTION; NANO SILVER; NANO-MATERIALS; NANO-SIZE; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; LIFE CYCLE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILVER;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

EID: 77951575446     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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