A wafer-based monocrystalline silicon photovoltaics road map: Utilizing known technology improvement opportunities for further reductions in manufacturing costs

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-135

  Goodrich, Alan ^a   Hacke, Peter ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Sopori, Bhushan ^a   Margolis, Robert ^a   James, Ted L ^a   Woodhouse, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystalline silicon; Economics; Photovoltaics; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL-SCALE PRODUCTION; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT; MANUFACTURING FACILITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COSTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ECONOMICS; MANUFACTURE; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; POLYSILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876163809     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.01.030     Document Type: Article

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