Life cycle assessment of a micromorph photovoltaic system

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4297-4306

  Bravi, Mirko ^a   Parisi, Maria Laura ^b   Tiezzi, Enzo ^a,b   Basosi, Riccardo ^a,b,c  

^a Polo Universitario Colle di Val d'Elsa   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Ctr for the Stud of Complex Syst   (Italy)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Photovoltaic; Thin film

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; TECHNOLOGY; THIN FILMS;

CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; ELECTRIC ENERGIES; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; GRID-CONNECTED; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; PAYBACK TIME; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTION DATA; TANDEM JUNCTION; THIN-FILM TECHNOLOGY;

LIFE CYCLE;

ELECTRICAL POWER; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PHTHALATE;

EID: 79959379745     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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