Characteristics of the iodide/triiodide redox mediator in dye-sensitized solar cells

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1819-1826

  Boschloo, Gerrit ^a   Hagfeldt, Anders ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 72849106056     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar900138m     Document Type: Article

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