Glass needs for a growing photovoltaics industry

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 455-459

  Burrows, Keith ^a   Fthenakis, Vasilis ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Forecasts; Glass; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

BOROSILICATE GLASS; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; GLASS; GLASS PLANTS; INVESTMENTS; IRON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CURRENT SUPPLIES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR INDUSTRIES; SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS;

GLASS INDUSTRY;

EID: 84908446801     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.09.028     Document Type: Article

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