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A composite photonic structure with periodic array of SiO2 particles for solar cell radiative cooling

Jie Liang, Xinyu Tan, Qihao Dai, Xiongbo Yang, Zheng Guo, Weilong Sun, Wanjiang Jin, Weiwei Hu

Applied Physics A· Volume 131· Issue 4
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