Kinetic and energetic paradigms for dyesensitized solar cells: Moving from the ideal to the real

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1799-1808

  O'Regan, Brian C ^a   Durrant, James R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 72849147122     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar900145z     Document Type: Article

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