Can solar power deliver?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1996, 2013, Pages

  Nelson, Jenny ^a   Emmott, Christopher J M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; Organic photovoltaics; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; TECHNOLOGY;

CLEAN POWER GENERATIONS (CPG); CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRICITIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR POWER TECHNOLOGIES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84880080561     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0372     Document Type: Article

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