Förster resonance energy transfer in dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1253-1258

  Basham, James I ^a   Mor, Gopal K ^a   Grimes, Craig A ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; NEAR INFRARED REGION; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SINGLE DYE; SOLAR SPECTRUM; VISIBLE REGION;

ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RESONANCE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77950124038     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100422a     Document Type: Article

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