Photovoltaics: Status and perspectives until 2020

Green

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 277-290

  Jäger Waldau, Arnulf ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Efficiency and performance of types of multijunction solar cells; Energy analysis (renewable energy resources) economic issues; Grid tied solar electric systems; Life cycle analysis; Organic photovoltaics; Policy issues; Renewables energy targets; Roof top shingles; Silicon solar cells; Solar cellscost of production; Solar energybuilding integrated photovoltaics; Thin film Cu based I III V12; Thin film III V and II VI solar cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883193913     PISSN: 1869876X     EISSN: 18698778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/GREEN.2011.027     Document Type: Review

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