Growth in metals production for rapid photovoltaics deployment

2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1442-1447

  Kavlak, Goksin ^a   McNerney, James ^a   Jaffe, Robert L ^b   Trancik, Jessika E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

gallium; indium; photovoltaics; tellurium; thin film photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; INDIUM; METALS; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANNUAL PRODUCTION; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PRODUCTION GROWTH RATE; PV TECHNOLOGIES; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84912120761     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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