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This is a history of the development of the high efficiency multijunction solar cell from my perspective as one of the pioneers.
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Fraas, L.M. (2014). The Story of the 40 % Efficient Multijunction Solar Cell. In: Low-Cost Solar Electric Power. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07530-3_8
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