• DocumentCode
    3301266
  • Title

    Photovoltaics: From alternative energy to mature industry

  • Author

    Steeman, Rob A.

  • Author_Institution
    REC Cells Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-9 July 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits (IPFA), 2010 17th IEEE International Symposium on the
  • Conference_Location
    Singapore
  • ISSN
    1946-1542
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5596-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPFA.2010.5532302
  • Filename
    5532302