Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 41, Issue 20, 2013001(2021)

Solar Cells Based on Bottom-Reflectivity-Enhanced GaAs Radial p-i-n Junction Nanowire Array

Haoran Liu, Xin Yan*, Xueguang Yuan, Yangan Zhang, and Xia Zhang
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  • State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
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    Haoran Liu, Xin Yan, Xueguang Yuan, Yangan Zhang, Xia Zhang. Solar Cells Based on Bottom-Reflectivity-Enhanced GaAs Radial p-i-n Junction Nanowire Array[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2021, 41(20): 2013001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Mar. 24, 2021

    Accepted: May. 6, 2021

    Published Online: Sep. 30, 2021

    The Author Email: Yan Xin (xyan@bupt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202141.2013001

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