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Life cycle assessment of recycling strategies for perovskite photovoltaic modules

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Tian, Xueyu, Stranks, Samuel D., You, Fengqi·2021·Nature Sustainability
DOI 10.1038/s41893-021-00737-z
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Authors
Tian, X., Stranks, S. D., & You, F.
Venue
Nature Sustainability
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2021-06-24
Volume
4
Issue
9
Pages
821-829
ISSN
2398-9629 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1038/s41893-021-00737-z
OpenAlex
W3173767691
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262
References
1
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