Silicon nitride for photovoltaic application

Archives of Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 69-87

  Lipinski M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amorphous materials; Nanomaterials; Silicon nitride; Silicon quantum dots

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954498916     PISSN: 18972764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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