Intermediate-band dynamics of quantum dots solar cell in concentrator photovoltaic modules

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sogabe, Tomah ^a   Shoji, Yasushi ^a   Ohba, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Yoshida, Katsuhisa ^a   Tamaki, Ryo ^a   Hong, Hwen Fen ^b   Wu, Chih Hung ^b   Kuo, Cherng Tsong ^b   Tomić, Stanko ^c   Okada, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84899639721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04792     Document Type: Article

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