Siemens and siemens-like processes for producing photovoltaics: Energy payback time and lifetime carbon emissions

JOM

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-31

  Jiao, Yubo ^a   Salce, Alex ^a   Ben, Wade ^a   Jiang, Feng ^a   Ji, Xiaoyang ^a   Morey, Evan ^a   Lynch, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Research Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ENERGY PAY BACK TIME; HIGH-PURITY SILICON; METALLURGICAL PROCESS; PHOTOVOLTAIC INDUSTRY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SIEMENS; SIEMENS PROCESS; TRICHLOROSILANES;

METALLURGY; POLYSILICON;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 79551471009     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: 15431851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-011-0007-4     Document Type: Review

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