Folded-light-path colloidal quantum dot solar cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Koleilat, Ghada I ^a   Kramer, Illan J ^a   Wong, Chris T O ^a   Thon, Susanna M ^a   Labelle, André J ^a   Hoogland, Sjoerd ^a   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84880272042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02166     Document Type: Article

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