DocumentCode
1167181
Title
Thin films: Expanding the solar marketplace [Forum]
Volume
9
Issue
11
fYear
1989
Firstpage
3
Lastpage
8
Abstract
Reprinted from the EPRI Journal, March 1989. Low-efficiency thin-film photovoltaic modules are already on the consumer market in solar-powered calculators, patio lights, battery chargers, and remote power gear. If the efforts of many researchers and over a dozen companies in the United States and overseas pan out, thin films eventually will be confirmed as a low-cost route to solar electricity that lights a path to the ultimate market: utility bulk power, with systems ranging in power from kilowatts to megawatts and beyond.
Keywords
Costs; Crystalline materials; Crystallization; Photovoltaic cells; Semiconductor films; Semiconductor materials; Semiconductor thin films; Silicon; Space technology; Transistors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Power Engineering Review, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0272-1724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MPER.1989.4310349
Filename
4310349
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