Impact of Light-Induced Degradation on the Performance of Multijunction Thin-Film Silicon-Based Photoelectrochemical Water-Splitting Devices

ACS Omega

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 832-836

  Urbain, Félix ^a   Smirnov, Vladimir ^a   Becker, Jan Philipp ^a   Finger, Friedhelm ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 85014647668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24701343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00259     Document Type: Article

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