Tandem-structured, hot electron based photovoltaic cell with double Schottky barriers

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lee, Young Keun ^a,b   Lee, Hyosun ^a,b   Park, Jeong Young ^a,b  

^a Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84897498412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04580     Document Type: Article

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