Cadmium flows and emissions from CdTe PV: Future expectations

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 5223-5228

  Raugei, Marco ^a   Fthenakis, Vasilis ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cadmium telluride photovoltaics; Prospective analysis

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE PHOTOVOLTAICS; EMISSIONS RATES; NON-SILICON; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

CADMIUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; TELLURIDE;

EUROPE;

EID: 77953413453     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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