Semiconductor Solar Superabsorbers

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yu, Yiling ^b   Huang, Lujun ^a   Cao, Linyou ^a,b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84894055049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04107     Document Type: Article

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