Verbelen, Y., & Touhafi, A. (2014). Resource considerations for durable large scale renewable energy harvesting applications. In 2013 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA) (pp. 401-406). IEEE Xplore.

@inproceedings{76a4c328f50347a89c25e3312cdcad3c,
title = "Resource considerations for durable large scale renewable energy harvesting applications",
abstract = "Mineral resource supplies have seen fluctuations in recent years because of growing interests from the renewable energy industry. In particular large scale demand from the photovoltaic industry and emerging energy harvesting technologies weigh heavily on global reserves of rare resources. The impact of scarce key resources on the industry is significant and expected to get more severe as the development of said technologies picks up momentum. This work presents a novel, comprehensive analysis of resource requirements for photovoltaic, thermoelectric and piezoelectric energy harvesting with a survey of state of the art developments in each field of research. Potential resource supply problems are identified, and solutions for these problems are presented to make large scale implementations of sustainable renewable energy harvesting applications possible.",
keywords = "energy harvesting, resources, photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, piezoelectrics, recycling",
author = "Yannick Verbelen and Abdellah Touhafi",
year = "2014",
month = apr,
day = "4",
language = "English",
pages = "401--406",
booktitle = "2013 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA)",
publisher = "IEEE Xplore",
note = "2013 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA 2013 ; Conference date: 20-10-2013 Through 23-10-2013",
}