Dynamic kirigami structures for integrated solar tracking

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lamoureux, Aaron ^a   Lee, Kyusang ^a   Shlian, Matthew ^a   Forrest, Stephen R ^a   Shtein, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

ARSENIDE GROUP; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FUEL CELL; GALLIUM; PANEL DATA; SOLAR POWER; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

ART; ARTICLE; CELLS; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; EYE TRACKING; FILM; GEOMETRY; KIRIGAMI; LIGHT; MECHANICAL STRESS; OPTICS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SOLAR CELL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84941026960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9092     Document Type: Article

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