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Photovoltaics: technology overview [1]

Solar electricity produced by photovoltaic solar cells is one of the most promising options yet identified for sustainably providing the world's future energy requirements. Although the technology has, in the past, been based on the same silicon wafers as used in microelectronics, a transition is in progress to a second generation of a potentially much lower-cost thin-film technology.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2000
M.A. Green [2]
Energy Policy [3]
28
14
989–998
Tags:
Renewable Energy [4], Solar Energy [5], Solar Cells [6], Electricity [7], Energy Technology [8]
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