Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 6, 625002(2014)

Conversion Efficiency of Photon Enhanced Thermionic Emission Solar Converters with Exponential Doping GaAs Cathodes

TANG WeiDong1,2, YANG WenZheng1, YANG Yang1, SUN ChuanDong1, and CAI ZhiPeng1,2
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    TANG WeiDong, YANG WenZheng, YANG Yang, SUN ChuanDong, CAI ZhiPeng. Conversion Efficiency of Photon Enhanced Thermionic Emission Solar Converters with Exponential Doping GaAs Cathodes[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2014, 43(6): 625002

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    Received: Oct. 12, 2013

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    Published Online: Aug. 18, 2014

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    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20144306.0625002

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