Large-area soft-imprinted nanowire networks as light trapping transparent conductors

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Van De Groep, Jorik ^a   Gupta, Dhritiman ^b   Verschuuren, Marc A ^c   Wienk, Martijn M ^b   Janssen, Rene A J ^b   Polman, Albert ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84934978019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11414     Document Type: Article

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