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Title: Silicon based photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting

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Optics Express
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Journal Name: Optics Express Journal Volume: 27 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
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Optical Society of America
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Fan, Ronglei, Mi, Zetian, and Shen, Mingrong. Silicon based photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1364/OE.27.000A51.
Fan, Ronglei, Mi, Zetian, & Shen, Mingrong. Silicon based photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.000A51
Fan, Ronglei, Mi, Zetian, and Shen, Mingrong. Wed . "Silicon based photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.000A51.
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