Cumulative energy demand for small molecule and polymer photovoltaics

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1541-1554

  Anctil, Annick ^a   Babbitt, Callie W ^a   Raffaelle, Ryne P ^a   Landi, Brian J ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

embodied energy; life cycle assessment; organic photovoltaics; semiconductor

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE ENERGY DEMANDS; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE; INORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SMALL MOLECULE AND POLYMER;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULES; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84886088700     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2226     Document Type: Review

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