The influence of interference and heterojunctions on the performance of microscale thermophotovoltaic devices

Microscale Thermophysical Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 89-106

  Whale, MacMurray D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0035534482     PISSN: 10893954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/108939501750397445     Document Type: Article

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