First-principles design of efficient solar cells using two-dimensional arrays of core-shell and layered SiGe nanowires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Pekoz R ^a   Malcloglu O B ^a   Raty, J Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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EID: 79551654114     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.035317     Document Type: Article

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