Price and supply constraints on Te and In photovoltaics

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 550-555

  Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDTE; DEVICE DESIGN; EVOLUTIONARY PATH; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COSTS; POLYSILICON; PROFITABILITY; SUPPLY CHAINS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 78650155206     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5616829     Document Type: Conference Paper

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