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Strain effects on radiation tolerance of triple-junction solar cells with InAs quantum dots in the GaAs junctionKerestes et al., 2013
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- Kerestes C
- Cress C
- Richards B
- Forbes D
- Lin Y
- Bittner Z
- Polly S
- Sharps P
- Hubbard S
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- IEEE journal of Photovoltaics
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A comparison of quantum dot (QD) triple-junction solar cells (TJSCs) with the QD superlattice under tensile strain are compared with those under compressive strain and baseline devices to examine the effects of strain induced by the InAs QD layers in the middle …
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