Sustainability metrics for extending thin-film photovoltaics to terawatt levels

MRS Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 425-430

  Fthenakis, Vasilis ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Ga; Ge; In; Recycle recycling; Sustainability sustainable development; Te; Thin film

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GROWTH; CONVENTIONAL POWER; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MATERIAL RECOVERY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RECYCLE/RECYCLING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; ROAD-MAPS; SUSTAINABILITY METRICS; SUSTAINABLE GROWTH; SYSTEM COSTS; TERAWATT; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; INDIUM; SOLAR ENERGY; TELLURIUM; THIN FILMS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84860541427     PISSN: 08837694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrs.2012.50     Document Type: Article

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