Where photovoltaics meets microelectronics

Energy Procedia

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-49

  Poortmans, J ^a   Baert, K ^a   Hozel, J ^a   Posthuma, N ^a   John, J ^a   Flamand, G ^a   Gordon, I ^a   Bruynseels, F ^a   Mertens, R ^a  

^a Imec   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Concentrators; Microelectronics; Photonics; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

CELL EFFICIENCY; COST DRIVERS; CRYSTALLINE SI; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING COST; MICROELECTRONICS AND MICROSYSTEMS; MODULE FABRICATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SI-BASED; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY;

COMMERCE; COSTS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PROFITABILITY; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

MICROELECTRONICS;

EID: 84860532389     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.02.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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