Catching the rainbow: Light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1012-1014

  Robertson, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyes pigments; Photochemistry; Phthalocyanines; Sustainable chemistry; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PIGMENTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR RADIATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

LOW-COST DYES; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PHTHALOCYANINES; SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY;

DYES;

EID: 38849162920     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200704538     Document Type: Short Survey

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