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Photonics Research
Vol. 8, Issue 6, 995 (2020)

Excellent light-capture capability of trilobal SiNW for ultra-high J_SC in single-nanowire solar cells

Zhongliang Gao¹, Guilu Lin², Yupeng Zheng¹, Na Sang², Yingfeng Li¹, Lei Chen², and Meicheng Li^1、*

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¹State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, School of Renewable Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China

²School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China

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Zhongliang Gao, Guilu Lin, Yupeng Zheng, Na Sang, Yingfeng Li, Lei Chen, Meicheng Li. Excellent light-capture capability of trilobal SiNW for ultra-high J_SC in single-nanowire solar cells[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(6): 995 Copy Citation Text

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Zhongliang Gao, Guilu Lin, Yupeng Zheng, Na Sang, Yingfeng Li, Lei Chen, Meicheng Li. Excellent light-capture capability of trilobal SiNW for ultra-high J_SC in single-nanowire solar cells[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(6): 995

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