Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 45, Issue 8, 831001(2016)

Sol-gel Preparation of Graded-refractive-index Antireflective Coatings for GaInP/GaAs/Ge Triple-junction Solar Cells

TIAN Bing-tao*, WANG Xiao-dong, NIU Yan-yan, CAO Yuan-yuan, FENG Jian-bin, ZHANG Zhi-hua, and SHEN Jun
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    TIAN Bing-tao, WANG Xiao-dong, NIU Yan-yan, CAO Yuan-yuan, FENG Jian-bin, ZHANG Zhi-hua, SHEN Jun. Sol-gel Preparation of Graded-refractive-index Antireflective Coatings for GaInP/GaAs/Ge Triple-junction Solar Cells[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2016, 45(8): 831001

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    Received: Feb. 4, 2016

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 12, 2016

    The Author Email: Bing-tao TIAN (bingtao_tian@163.com)

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