Semiconductor thermionics for next generation solar cells: photon
This work sheds light on the issues and challenges in semiconductor thermionic solar conversion that need to be overcome when considering a com-plete device-level operation.
This work sheds light on the issues and challenges in semiconductor thermionic solar conversion that need to be overcome when considering a com-plete device-level operation.
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