The research profiling method applied to nano-enhanced, thin-film solar cells

R and D Management

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-208

  Guo, Ying ^a   Huang, Lu ^a   Porter, Alan L ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 76549124729     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2010.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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