Life cycle assessment of cadmium telluride photovoltaic (CdTe PV) systems

Solar Energy

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-88

  Kim, Hyoungseok ^a   Cha, Kyounghoon ^b   Fthenakis, Vasilis M ^c   Sinha, Parikhit ^d   Hur, Tak ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Planning and Research Department   (South Korea)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d FIRST SOLAR   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium telluride photovoltaic system (CdTe PV systems); Energy payback time (EPBT); Life cycle assessment (LCA)

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

ENERGY PAYBACK TIME (EPBT); ENERGY RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEPOSITION;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84896887363     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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