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- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10303266
- Publisher / Repository:
- IOP Publishing
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physics: Energy
- Volume:
- 2
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 2515-7655
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- Article No. 025001
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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