Life cycle assessment of multicrystalline silicon photovoltaic cell production in China

Solar Energy

Volumn 133, Issue , 2016, Pages 283-293

  Hong, Jinglan ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Qi, Congcong ^a   Ye, Liping ^a   Xu, Changqing ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Multicrystalline silicon; Photovoltaic cell; Solar electricity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYSILICON; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY USE; SOLAR ELECTRICITY;

LIFE CYCLE;

CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SILICON; SOLAR POWER;

CHINA;

EID: 84963984735     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2016.04.013     Document Type: Article

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