Life cycle assessment of gratzel-type cell production for non conventional photovoltaics from novel organic dyes

International Journal of Heat and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-169

  Parisi, Maria Laura ^a,b   Sinicropi, Adalgisa ^a,b   Basosi, Riccardo ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b CSGI (Consorzio per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase)   (Italy)

^c Center for the Study of Complex Systems   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84856378403     PISSN: 03928764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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