Linking nanotechnology to gigawatts: Creating building blocks for smart PV modules

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 772-780

  Poortmans, J ^a   Baert, K ^a   Govaerts, J ^a   Mertens, R ^a   Catthoor, F ^a   Germain, M ^a   Das, J ^a   Driesen, J ^b  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

back contact solar cells; PV module

Indexed keywords

BACK CONTACT SOLAR CELLS; BUILDING BLOCKES; COST PARAMETERS; CRUCIAL TECHNOLOGY; CRYSTALLINE SI; DC-AC CONVERTER; DC-AC INVERTERS; ECONOMICAL VIABILITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; ENERGY YIELDS; HIGH-FREQUENCY SWITCHING; HIGH-POWER; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; INTERACTION FUNCTIONS; LOW LOSS; LOW-COST TECHNOLOGY; LOWER COST; MICRO-SCALES; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE CMOS; NANOSCALE TECHNOLOGIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PV MODULES; PV SYSTEM; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABILITY; SCENARIOS OF THE FUTURE; SI-BASED; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; UNIT COST; WELL-SPREAD;

COST REDUCTION; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TECHNOLOGY;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 80054916189     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1034     Document Type: Article

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