Origin of light-harvesting enhancement in colloidal-photonic-crystal-based dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 109, Issue 33, 2005, Pages 15968-15976

  Mihi, A ^a   Miguez H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DYES; ELECTRODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM OXIDES;

COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; OPTICAL LATTICES; PHOTOELECTRODES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 24944507221     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp051828g     Document Type: Article

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