Broadband solar absorption enhancement via periodic nanostructuring of electrodes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Adachi, Michael M ^a   Labelle, André J ^a   Thon, Susanna M ^a,c   Lan, Xinzheng ^b   Hoogland, Sjoerd ^a   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

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EID: 84886940595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02928     Document Type: Article

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