Photovoltaic Material Resources

Semiconductors and Semimetals

Volumn 87, Issue , 2012, Pages 143-183

  Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ga availability; Indium availability; Photovoltaic materials; Photovoltaic resources; Resource economics; Te availability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

ECONOMIC ISSUES; LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC MARKETS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84867081939     PISSN: 00808784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-388419-0.00006-6     Document Type: Chapter

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