Iodine/iodide-free dye-sensitized solar cells

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1827-1838

  Shozo, Yanagida ^a   Youhai, Yu ^a   Kazuhiro, Manseki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 72849111812     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar900069p     Document Type: Article

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