Materials availability for thin film (TF) PV technologies development: A real concern?

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4972-4981

  Candelise, Chiara ^a,b   Spiers, Jamie F ^a   Gross, Robert J K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost reductions; Indium; Materials scarcity; Photovoltaic; Tellurium; Thin film

Indexed keywords

CDTE; KEY COMPONENT; LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT; LOWER COST; MARKET GROWTH; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; PV MODULES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED; SELENIDES; TECHNOLOGY COSTS;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; COST REDUCTION; FILM GROWTH; GALLIUM; MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; TECHNOLOGY; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INDIUM;

EID: 81855166724     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.06.012     Document Type: Review

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