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Chapter IIB-1

Overview of Potential Hazards

Vasilis M. Fthenakis

National PV EHS Assistance Center, Department of Environmental Sciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA

Chapter Outline

1. Introduction

2. Overview of Hazards in PV Manufacture

3. Crystalline Silicon (x-Si) Solar Cells

3.1. Occupational Health Issues

3.2. Public Health and Environmental Issues

4. Amorphous Silicon (a-Si) Solar Cells

4.1. Occupational Safety Issues

4.2. Public Health and Environmental Issues

5. Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) Solar Cells

5.1. Occupational Health Issues

5.2. Public Health and Environmental Issues

6. Copper Indium Diselenide (CIS) Solar Cells

6.1. Occupational Health and Safety

6.2. Public Health and Environmental Issues

7. Gallium Arsenide ...

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