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Title: Highly efficient GaAs solar cells by limiting light emission angle

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Research Org.:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
OSTI Identifier:
1387225
DOE Contract Number:  
SC0001293
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Light, Science & Applications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 1; Related Information: LMI partners with California Institute of Technology (lead); Harvard University; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Journal ID: ISSN 2047-7538
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
solar (photovoltaic), solid state lighting, phonons, thermal conductivity, electrodes - solar, materials and chemistry by design, optics, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly)

Citation Formats

Kosten, Emily D., Atwater, Jackson H., Parsons, James, Polman, Albert, and Atwater, Harry A. Highly efficient GaAs solar cells by limiting light emission angle. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1038/lsa.2013.1.
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Kosten, Emily D., Atwater, Jackson H., Parsons, James, Polman, Albert, & Atwater, Harry A. Highly efficient GaAs solar cells by limiting light emission angle. United States. doi:10.1038/lsa.2013.1.
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Kosten, Emily D., Atwater, Jackson H., Parsons, James, Polman, Albert, and Atwater, Harry A. Tue . "Highly efficient GaAs solar cells by limiting light emission angle". United States. doi:10.1038/lsa.2013.1.
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@article{osti_1387225,
title = {Highly efficient GaAs solar cells by limiting light emission angle},
author = {Kosten, Emily D. and Atwater, Jackson H. and Parsons, James and Polman, Albert and Atwater, Harry A.},
abstractNote = {},
doi = {10.1038/lsa.2013.1},
journal = {Light, Science & Applications},
issn = {2047-7538},
number = 1,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {2013},
month = {1}
}
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DOI:  10.1038/lsa.2013.1
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