Low-energy silicon allotropes with strong absorption in the visible for photovoltaic applications

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Botti, Silvana ^a,b,c   Flores Livas, José A ^b,c   Amsler, Maximilian ^d   Goedecker, Stefan ^d   Marques, Miguel A L ^b,c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SOLIDES IRRADIÉS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84867025843     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.121204     Document Type: Article

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