Inorganic extended-junction devices

Nanostructured And Photoelectrochemical Systems For Solar Photon Conversion

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 393-452

  Könenkamp, Rolf ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79956151798     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9781848161542_0006     Document Type: Chapter

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