Yb2O3/Au upconversion nanocomposites with broad-band excitation for solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2908-2918

  Liu, Tong ^a   Bai, Xue ^a   Miao, Chuang ^a   Dai, Qilin ^a   Xu, Wen ^a   Yu, Yanhao ^a   Chen, Qidai ^a   Song, Hongwei ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84896485590     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp409581n     Document Type: Article

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