Implications for CdTe and CIGS technologies production costs of indium and tellurium scarcity

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 816-831

  Candelise, Chiara ^a,b   Winskel, Mark ^a   Gross, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CdTe; CIGS; cost reduction and assessment; indium; material scarcity; tellurium; thin film photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; CDTE; CIGS; CIGS MODULES; COMPONENT MATERIALS; DEPOSITION PROCESS; EFFICIENCY INCREASE; KEY MATERIALS; LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT; MATERIAL SCARCITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POSSIBLE FUTURES; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; PRICE ESCALATION; PRICE INCREASE; PRODUCTION COST; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; SELENIDES; SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS; THIN-FILM TECHNOLOGY;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; COST ACCOUNTING; INDIUM; TECHNOLOGY; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 84865616008     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2216     Document Type: Conference Paper

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