Low-density silicon allotropes for photovoltaic applications
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Maximilian Amsler,1 Silvana Botti,2 Miguel A. L. Marques,3 Thomas J. Lenosky,4 and Stefan Goedecker1,* 1Department of Physics, Universität Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82, 4056 Basel, Switzerland 2Institut für Festkörpertheorie und -optik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena and European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany 3Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle, Germany 41974 Kirby Way, San Jose, California 95124-1324, USA (Received 23 April 2015; revised manuscript received 15 June 2015; published 1 July 2015)
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