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A 19.9%-efficient ultrathin solar cell based on a 205-nm-thick GaAs absorber and a silver nanostructured back mirrorChen et al., 2019
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- Chen H
- Cattoni A
- De Lépinau R
- Walker A
- Höhn O
- Lackner D
- Siefer G
- Faustini M
- Vandamme N
- Goffard J
- Behaghel B
- Dupuis C
- Bardou N
- Dimroth F
- Collin S
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- Nature Energy
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Conventional photovoltaic devices are currently made from relatively thick semiconductor layers,~ 150 µm for silicon and 2–4 µm for Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2, CdTe or III–V direct bandgap semiconductors. Ultrathin solar cells using 10 times thinner absorbers could lead to …
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