Efficiency improvement in solid-state-dye-sensitized photovoltaics with an amphiphilic Ruthenium-dye

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Schmidt Mende, Lukas ^a   Zakeeruddin, Shaik M ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a  

^a Ecl Polytech Fdrale de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPLEXATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYELECTROLYTES; RUTHENIUM; SOLAR CELLS; SPIN COATING; TIN COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

LONG-TERM STABILITY; ORGANIC HOLE CONDUCTORS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SOLID-STATE-DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL;

DYES;

EID: 19744383054     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1844032     Document Type: Article

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