journal article·2025-07

Design and development of graphene-based hexagon-plus shaped wideband solar absorber for industrial heating systems

Meshari Alsharari, Bo Bo Han, Shobhit K. Patel, Khaled Aliqab, Ammar Armghan

Applied Physics A· Volume 131· Issue 7
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