TiO2-coated carbon nanotube-silicon solar cells with efficiency of 15%

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shi, Enzheng ^a   Zhang, Luhui ^a   Li, Zhen ^b   Li, Peixu ^b   Shang, Yuanyuan ^a   Jia, Yi ^b   Wei, Jinquan ^b   Wang, Kunlin ^b   Zhu, Hongwei ^b   Wu, Dehai ^b   Zhang, Sen ^a   Cao, Anyuan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84870823148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00884     Document Type: Article

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