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
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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