Colloidal nanocrystal solar cells

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-325

  Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Scholes, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nanocrystal; Quantum dot; Solar

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749133566     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-007-0806-z     Document Type: Review

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