Direct te mining: Resource availability and impact on cumulative energy demand of CdTe PV life cycles

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 433-438

  Fthenakis, Vasilis ^a   Anctil, Annick ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CdTe photovoltaics (PV); life cycle assessments (LCAs); photovoltaic cells

Indexed keywords

CDTE; CO-PRODUCTS; CUMULATIVE ENERGY DEMANDS; ECONOMIC RECOVERY; ECONOMIC VALUES; END-OF-LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; GOLD AND SILVER; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; PARENT COMPOUNDS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PRODUCTION RATES; PV SYSTEM; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; COPPER MINES; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GOLD; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SMELTING; SUPPLY CHAINS; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84871746775     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2216860     Document Type: Article

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