Environmental impact assessment of monocrystalline silicon solar photovoltaic cell production: A case study in China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 1025-1032

  Chen, Wei ^a   Hong, Jinglan ^a   Yuan, Xueliang ^a   Liu, Jiurong ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy; Environmental impact; Life cycle assessment; Mono Si solar PV cell; Payback time

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILVER; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TOXICITY;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PAYBACK TIME; SOLAR PVS; SUPERCRITICAL TECHNOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84955698527     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.08.024     Document Type: Article

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