A comparison of light-harvesting performance of silicon nanocones and nanowires for radial-junction solar cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Yingfeng ^a   Li, Meicheng ^a,b   Fu, Pengfei ^a   Li, Ruike ^a   Song, Dandan ^a   Shen, Chao ^b   Zhao, Yan ^b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Materials Research Institute   (China)

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EID: 84933556636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11532     Document Type: Article

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