Towards 30% Power Conversion Efficiency in Thin-Silicon Photonic-Crystal Solar Cells

Bhattacharya, Sayak; Baydoun, Ibrahim; Lin, Mi; John, Sajeev

doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.014005

Title: Towards 30% Power Conversion Efficiency in Thin-Silicon Photonic-Crystal Solar Cells

Journal Article · 03 January 2019 · Physical Review Applied

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.014005 · OSTI ID:1489435

Bhattacharya, Sayak; Baydoun, Ibrahim; Lin, Mi; John, Sajeev

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