Research Article
A Systematic Evaluation Model for Solar Cell Technologies
Table 9
Importance of criteria.
| | Merits | Criteria | Criterion priorities | Integrated priorities in the network | Integrated ranking |
| Benefits
(0.295) | () Mass production technology | 0.179 | 0.0528 | 8 | | () Delivery-on-time rate | 0.218 | 0.0643 | 6 | | () Material usage reduction | 0.274 | 0.0808 | 3 | | () Conversion efficiency | 0.329 | 0.0971 | 1 |
| Opportunities
(0.216) | () Yield rate | 0.127 | 0.0274 | 16 | | () Equipment technology | 0.125 | 0.0270 | 17 | | () Policy/regulation requirement | 0.112 | 0.0242 | 18 | | () Power generation stability | 0.214 | 0.0462 | 13 | | () R and D capability and speed | 0.225 | 0.0486 | 10 | | () Market scale and growth | 0.197 | 0.0426 | 14 |
| Costs
(0.266) | () Production cost | 0.141 | 0.0375 | 15 | | () Investment cost | 0.242 | 0.0644 | 5 | | () Product quality and reliability | 0.328 | 0.0872 | 2 | | () Material cost | 0.290 | 0.0771 | 4 |
| Risks
(0.223) | () Financial capability | 0.086 | 0.0192 | 19 | | () Fossil fuels price | 0.270 | 0.0602 | 7 | | () Environmental pollution of production | 0.211 | 0.0471 | 12 | | () Material source | 0.222 | 0.0495 | 9 | | () Price of other renewable energy sources | 0.212 | 0.0473 | 11 |
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