Technological collaboration patterns in solar cell industry based on patent inventors and assignees analysis

Scientometrics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 427-441

  Lei, Xiao Ping ^a   Zhao, Zhi Yun ^a   Zhang, Xu ^a   Chen, Dar Zen ^b   Huang, Mu Hsuan ^b   Zheng, Jia ^a   Liu, Run Sheng ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Zhao, Yun Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION OF CHINA   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Assignee; Collaboration; Inventor; Patent analysis; PV system; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880132460     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0944-x     Document Type: Article

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