Life-cycle nitrogen trifluoride emissions from photovoltaics

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 8750-8757

  Fthenakis, Vasilis ^a   Clark, Daniel O ^b   Moalem, Mehran ^b   Chandler, Phil ^b   Ridgeway, Robert G ^c   Hulbert, Forrest E ^c   Cooper, David B ^c   Maroulis, Peter J ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b APPLIED MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^c AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BEST-PRACTICES; CLEANING AGENTS; END-USES; GRID CONDITIONS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; MAJOR PRODUCERS; MANUFACTURING LINES; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NITROGEN TRIFLUORIDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PV SYSTEM; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

AIR CLEANERS; AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

FLUORIDE; NITROGEN; SILICON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INORGANIC COMPOUND; INSOLATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RADIATIVE FORCING; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RADIATION; SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78449232516     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100401y     Document Type: Article

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