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Photon frequency management materials for efficient solar energy collection

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Photon frequency management materials for efficient solar energy collection. / Danos, Lefteris; Meyer, Thomas J. J.; Kittidachachan, Pattareeya et al.
Materials challenges: inorganic photovoltaic solar energy. ed. / Stuart J. C. Irvine. Cambridge: RSC Publishing, 2015. p. 297-331.

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Danos, L, Meyer, TJJ, Kittidachachan, P, Fang, L, Parel, TS, Soleimani, N & Markvart, T 2015, Photon frequency management materials for efficient solar energy collection. in SJC Irvine (ed.), Materials challenges: inorganic photovoltaic solar energy. RSC Publishing, Cambridge, pp. 297-331. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781849733465-00297

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Danos, L., Meyer, T. J. J., Kittidachachan, P., Fang, L., Parel, T. S., Soleimani, N., & Markvart, T. (2015). Photon frequency management materials for efficient solar energy collection. In S. J. C. Irvine (Ed.), Materials challenges: inorganic photovoltaic solar energy (pp. 297-331). RSC Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781849733465-00297

Vancouver

Danos L, Meyer TJJ, Kittidachachan P, Fang L, Parel TS, Soleimani N et al. Photon frequency management materials for efficient solar energy collection. In Irvine SJC, editor, Materials challenges: inorganic photovoltaic solar energy. Cambridge: RSC Publishing. 2015. p. 297-331 doi: 10.1039/9781849733465-00297

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Danos, Lefteris ; Meyer, Thomas J. J. ; Kittidachachan, Pattareeya et al. / Photon frequency management materials for efficient solar energy collection. Materials challenges: inorganic photovoltaic solar energy. editor / Stuart J. C. Irvine. Cambridge : RSC Publishing, 2015. pp. 297-331

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