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Progress in Natural Science Volume 15, 2005 - Issue sup1: Green chemistry and future energy
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Performance degradation of GaAs multi quantum well solar Cells after proton irradiation

Qiang Fan Department of Materials, Queen Mary College, University of London, London, E1 4NS, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ying Xu Beijing Instiute of Solar Energy, Beijing, 100083, China
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Brian Mcquillin School of Engineering, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S1 1WB, UK
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Geoff Hill EPSRC III-V Facility, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
Pages 131-133 | Published online: 19 Mar 2007

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