Selective Area Epitaxy of GaAs Microstructures by Close-Spaced Vapor Transport for Solar Energy Conversion Applications

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00217

Title: Selective Area Epitaxy of GaAs Microstructures by Close-Spaced Vapor Transport for Solar Energy Conversion Applications

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Greenaway, Ann L. ^[1]; Sharps, Meredith C. ^[1]; Boucher, Jason W. ^[2]; Strange, Lyndi E. ^[1]; Kast, Matthew G. ^[1]; Aloni, Shaul ^[3]; Boettcher, Shannon W. ^[1]

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
Department of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States

Publication Date:: 2016-07-25

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)

OSTI Identifier:: 1337792

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0005957

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: ACS Energy Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: ACS Energy Letters Journal Volume: 1 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2380-8195

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Greenaway, Ann L., Sharps, Meredith C., Boucher, Jason W., Strange, Lyndi E., Kast, Matthew G., Aloni, Shaul, and Boettcher, Shannon W. Selective Area Epitaxy of GaAs Microstructures by Close-Spaced Vapor Transport for Solar Energy Conversion Applications.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Greenaway, Ann L., Sharps, Meredith C., Boucher, Jason W., Strange, Lyndi E., Kast, Matthew G., Aloni, Shaul, & Boettcher, Shannon W. Selective Area Epitaxy of GaAs Microstructures by Close-Spaced Vapor Transport for Solar Energy Conversion Applications.  United States.  doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00217.

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                    Greenaway, Ann L., Sharps, Meredith C., Boucher, Jason W., Strange, Lyndi E., Kast, Matthew G., Aloni, Shaul, and Boettcher, Shannon W. Mon .  
        "Selective Area Epitaxy of GaAs Microstructures by Close-Spaced Vapor Transport for Solar Energy Conversion Applications".  United States.  doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00217.

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@article{osti_1337792,

  title        = {Selective Area Epitaxy of GaAs Microstructures by Close-Spaced Vapor Transport for Solar Energy Conversion Applications},

  author       = {Greenaway, Ann L. and Sharps, Meredith C. and Boucher, Jason W. and Strange, Lyndi E. and Kast, Matthew G. and Aloni, Shaul and Boettcher, Shannon W.},

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  doi          = {10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00217},

  journal      = {ACS Energy Letters},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 1,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2016},

  month        = {7}

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