Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 7, 413(2025)
Space solar cells with down-conversion quantum dots
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CHEN Zijian, ZHONG Yanhua, SI Meng, WANG Jiayi, LI Heng, LI Wenhua. Space solar cells with down-conversion quantum dots[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2025, 21(7): 413
Received: Jan. 16, 2025
Accepted: Jul. 24, 2025
Published Online: Jul. 24, 2025
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