A projection of commercial-scale organic photovoltaic module costs

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 120, Issue PART A, 2014, Pages 9-17

  Mulligan, Cara J ^a   Wilson, Mitchell ^a   Bryant, Glenn ^a   Vaughan, Ben ^a   Zhou, Xiaojing ^a   Belcher, Warwick J ^a   Dastoor, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic model; Materials; Module cost; OPV; Production

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS; COST POTENTIAL; ECONOMIC MODELING; ECONOMIC MODELLING; OPV; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; PRODUCTION RATES;

CHEMICAL PLANTS; COST ENGINEERING; COST ESTIMATING; MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PRODUCTION; SUBSTRATES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84888352294     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.07.041     Document Type: Article

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