Opportunities for development of a mature concentrating photovoltaic power industry

2009 International Conference on Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, CS MANTECH 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kurtz, Sarah ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrator; CPV; Industry; Solar

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; CONCENTRATOR; CONCENTRATOR CELLS; CPV; MULTIJUNCTION; SOLAR; SOLAR INDUSTRIES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84887443999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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