Solid-state dye-sensitized mesoporous TiO2 solar cells with high photon-to-electron conversion efficiencies

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6702, 1998, Pages 583-585

  Bach, U ^a   Lupo, D ^b,d   Comte, P ^a   Moser, J E ^a   Weissortel F ^c   Salbeck, J ^c   Spreitzer, H ^b   Gratzel M ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Sony Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 0032497547     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/26936     Document Type: Article

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