Title :
Photovoltaics: From alternative energy to mature industry
Author_Institution :
REC Cells Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
In this paper, an overview of the current status of the photovoltaic (PV) industry is presented. The main focus is on crystalline silicon PV, since this is the main technology in the market and has closest resemblance to the semiconductor industry.
Keywords :
photovoltaic power systems; semiconductor device manufacture; alternative energy; crystalline silicon PV; photovoltaic industry; semiconductor industry; Bars; Costs; Crystallization; Manufacturing industries; Photovoltaic cells; Production; Semiconductor thin films; Silicon; Throughput; Transistors;
Conference_Titel :
Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits (IPFA), 2010 17th IEEE International Symposium on the
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5596-6
DOI :
10.1109/IPFA.2010.5532302
