• Opto-Electronic Advances
  • Vol. 2, Issue 6, 190006 (2019)
Sandra F. H. Correia1, Ana R. N. Bastos1, Lianshe Fu1, Luís D. Carlos1, Paulo S. André2、3、*, and Rute A. S. Ferreira1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Physics and CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
  • 2Department of Electric and Computer Engineering and Instituto de Telecomunica??es, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
  • 3Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Instituto de Telecomunicac?o?es, University of Aveiro, Campus Universita?rio de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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    DOI: 10.29026/oea.2019.190006 Cite this Article
    Sandra F. H. Correia, Ana R. N. Bastos, Lianshe Fu, Luís D. Carlos, Paulo S. André, Rute A. S. Ferreira. Lanthanide-based downshifting layers tested in a solar car race[J]. Opto-Electronic Advances, 2019, 2(6): 190006 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Sandra F. H. Correia, Ana R. N. Bastos, Lianshe Fu, Luís D. Carlos, Paulo S. André, Rute A. S. Ferreira. Lanthanide-based downshifting layers tested in a solar car race[J]. Opto-Electronic Advances, 2019, 2(6): 190006
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