Highly efficient photocathodes for dye-sensitized tandem solar cells

Nature Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-35

  Nattestad, A ^a   Mozer, A J ^b   Fischer, M K R ^c   Cheng, Y B ^a   Mishra, A ^c   Bauerle P ^c   Bach, U ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE INJECTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON INJECTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; PHOTOCATHODES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DONOR-ACCEPTOR DYES; EFFICIENCY LIMITATIONS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MESOPOROUS SEMICONDUCTORS; N-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS; P TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 72449125581     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2588     Document Type: Article

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