Pathways for solar photovoltaics

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1200-1219

  Jean, Joel ^a   Brown, Patrick R ^b   Jaffe, Robert L ^b   Buonassisi, Tonio ^c   Bulović, Vladimir ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; SOLAR ENERGY;

COMPOUND ANNUAL GROWTH RATES; INSTALLED CAPACITY; MANUFACTURING COMPLEXITY; MATERIAL COMPLEXITY; POTENTIAL LIMITS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR POWER TECHNOLOGIES;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; MANUFACTURING; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 84926442989     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ee04073b     Document Type: Review

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