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Line-commutated inverters, 339 Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition
Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), (MOCVD), 217, 219
288 Metal wrap-through (MWT), 195, 436
Local photonic density of states (LDOS), 289 Methylammonium
Lowest unoccupied molecular orbital band gap of, 235
(LUMO), 259–261, 267, 268 Urbach energy of, 235
Lucida Solar, 136 Methylammonium iodide (MAI), 236
Microchannel heat pipe array, 122
M Micro-Grid Demonstration program, 33
Magritte Group, 472 Micro-Grid pilot program, 33
Marginal costs (MC), 487, 488, 489, 492 Microgrids, 77
Market segmentation, 39 Middle East Solar Industry Association
Materials, 445 (MESIA), 13
critical metals, 446 Modular integrated converters (MICs),
energy costs, 457 341, 342
Cu mining and refining, 459, 460 Molybdenum (Mo), 365
downstream energy consumption costs, Morocco, 13
460, 461 Multifunctional roofing system, 306
economic rationale, 458 Multiwire slurry saw (MWSS), 435, 436
estimates of, 461, 463
global mining sector vs. total energy N
consumption, 458, 459 National Development and Reform
PV, requirements for, 448, 449 Commission (NDRC), 28
aluminum, 452 National Energy Administration (NEA), 23
annual global capacity, 449, 450 National Renewable Energy Laboratory
cadmium, 456 (NREL), 216
copper, 453 Net energy analysis (NEA), 407, 408
gallium, 453 and curtailing solar PV resources, 354, 356
germanium, 456 data, 353
global production, 449, 451 and EROI analysis, 415
global PV capacity, composition of, 449, CED metric, 416
450 energy output, direct energy, 415
indium, 457 energy output, equivalent primary
metal content, 448, 449 energy, 416
mining and refining materials, 449 nr-CED metric, 416
selenium, 454 New Solar Homes Partnership (NSHP), 67
silicon, 454 N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), 242
silver, 455 N, N-dimethylformamide, 241, 242
tellurium, 454 Nonrenewable cumulative energy demand
zinc, 456 (nr-CED), 416
Maximum power point (MPP), 333, 344, 345 Nonrenewable energy payback time
Maximum power point tracking (MPPT), 337, (NREPBT), 430
338, 341, 343–345 Nonsynchronous inverter type
Metal-assisted etching technique, 192 generators, 327
Metal halide perovskite solar cells. See North American Board of Certified Energy
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) Practitioners (NABCEP), 62, 73