GaAs photovoltaics and optoelectronics using releasable multilayer epitaxial assemblies

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7296, 2010, Pages 329-333

  Yoon, Jongseung ^a   Jo, Sungjin ^a,c   Chun, Ik Su ^a   Jung, Inhwa ^a   Kim, Hoon Sik ^a   Meitl, Matthew ^b   Menard, Etienne ^b   Li, Xiuling ^a   Coleman, James J ^a   Paik, Ungyu ^c   Rogers, John A ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b SEMPRIUS INC   (United States)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GLASS; PLASTIC; SILICON;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GALLIUM; NEAR INFRARED; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PLASTIC; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; COST; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; FILM; GROWTH; IMAGING; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SEMICONDUCTOR; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952692175     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09054     Document Type: Article

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