Sustainability and renewable energies - a critical look at photovoltaics

Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 318-323

  Meyer, B K ^a   Klar, P J ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Photovoltaics; Renewable energy; Solar cells; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; CDTE; CUINGASE; CURRENT STATUS; II-IV SEMICONDUCTORS; III-V COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR; MARKET VOLUME; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PRODUCTION LEVEL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; GERMANIUM; INDIUM; MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TELLURIUM;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 80052290146     PISSN: 18626254     EISSN: 18626270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201105366     Document Type: Article

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