Photovoltaics: Emerging role as a dominant electricity generation technology in the 21 st century

2012 28th International Conference on Microelectronics - Proceedings, MIEL 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 53-63

  Singh, R ^a   Alapatt, G F ^a   Poole, K F ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANT MATERIALS; BUSINESS MODELS; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION TECHNOLOGY; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; LOW-COST SOLUTION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PV MODULES; PV SYSTEM; SILICON-BASED; VOLUME MANUFACTURING;

ELECTRICITY; MANUFACTURE; MICROELECTRONICS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 84864208425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MIEL.2012.6222796     Document Type: Conference Paper

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