The recent boom in the demand for photovoltaic modules has created a silicon supply shortage, providing an opportunity for thin-film photovoltaic modules to enter the market in significant quantities. Thin-films have the potential to revolutionise the present cost structure of photovoltaics by eliminating the use of the expensive silicon wafers that alone account for above 50% of total module manufacturing cost. The strengths and weaknesses of the contending thin-film photovoltaic technologies and the current state of commercial activity with each are briefly reviewed. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007.
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Green, M. A. (2007). Thin-film solar cells: Review of materials, technologies and commercial status. In Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (Vol. 18, pp. 15–19). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-007-9177-9
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