High-performance flexible waveguiding photovoltaics

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Chou, Chun Hsien ^a   Chuang, Jui Kang ^a   Chen, Fang Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84880863174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02244     Document Type: Article

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