Organic photovoltaics: Potential fate and effects in the environment

Environment International

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 128-140

  Zimmermann, Yannick Serge ^a,b   Schäffer, Andreas ^b   Hugi, Christoph ^a   Fent, Karl ^a,c   Corvini, Philippe F X ^a,d   Lenz, Markus ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicity; Environmental impact; Fullerenes; Nanoparticles; Renewable energy; Solar power

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; FULLERENES; INCINERATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE INCINERATION;

ADVERSE EFFECT; BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES; ECOTOXICITY; END-OF-LIFE; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; LAYER BY LAYER; LIGHT WEIGHT; LOW ENERGIES; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; NO EMISSIONS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POTENTIAL FATE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; UV- AND;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FULLERENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84866559979     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.08.015     Document Type: Review

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