Room temperature spalling of thin silicon foils using a kerfless technique

Energy Procedia

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 873-878

  Bellanger, Pierre ^a   Serra, Joao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Kerfless; Spalling; Thin foils

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922277896     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.08.071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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