Efficiency enhancements in solid-state hybrid solar cells via reduced charge recombination and increased light capture

Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3372-3376

  Snaith, Henry J ^a,b   Moule, Adam J ^c,d   Klein, Cédric ^a   Meerholz, Klaus ^c   Friend, Richard H ^b   Grätzel, Michael ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Institut für Physikalische Chemie   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE RECOMBINATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HOLE TRANSPORTERS; MOLECULAR SENSITIZERS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HOLE MOBILITY; POWER CONVERTERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR RADIATION;

NANOSENSORS;

EID: 36749002685     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl071656u     Document Type: Article

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