Solar Cells from Epitaxial Foils: An Epifoil Epiphany☆

[Govaerts, Jonathan; Trompoukis, Christos; Radhakrishnan, Hariharsudan S.; Tous, Loic; Granata, Stefano N.; Carnemolla, Enrico G.; Martini, Roberto; Marchegiani, Alessio; Karim, Marwa; Sharlandziev, Ivan; Bearda, Twan; Depauw, Valerie; Van Nieuwenhuysen, Kris; Gordon, Ivan; Szlufczik, Jozef] IMEC, B-3001 Louvain, Belgium. [Poortmans, Jef] KULeuven, Louvain, Belgium. [Poortmans, Jef] UHasselt, Louvain, Belgium.

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