Using patent data to analyze trends and the technological strategies of the amorphous silicon thin-film solar cell industry

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 332-345

  Tseng, Fang Mei ^a   Hsieh, Chih Hung ^a   Peng, Ya Ni ^a   Chu, Yi Wei ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A Si thin film solar cell; Patent analysis; Patent portfolio; Technological strategy

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; PATENT ANALYSIS; PATENT PORTFOLIO; PROFILE DATA; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL STRATEGY; TECHNOLOGY FIELDS; TECHNOLOGY LIFE CYCLE; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

DATA SET; MANUFACTURING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

EID: 78651361516     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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