Nanostructured silicon-based films for photovoltaics: Recent progresses and perspectives

Science of Advanced Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 388-400

  Morgano, M ^a   Perez Wurfl, I ^b   Binetti, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Photovoltaics; Quantum dots; Silicon; SRO; Third generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960611336     PISSN: 19472935     EISSN: 19472943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/sam.2011.1178     Document Type: Review

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