Enhanced light absorption in thin-film solar cells with light propagation direction conversion
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Enhanced light absorption in thin-film solar cells with light propagation direction conversion.
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عنوان ژورنال: Optics Express
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/oe.21.00a539