Commercial status of thin-film photovoltaic devices and materials

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Schmidtke, Johanna ^a  

^a Lux Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; GALLIUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

COPPER INDIUM GALLIUM DISELENIDE; DEPOSITION PROCESS; FORM FACTORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; PV MODULES; THIN FILM SILICON; THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES;

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EID: 77956998011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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