An organic redox electrolyte to rival triiodide/iodide in dye-sensitized solar cells

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 385-389

  Wang, Mingkui ^a   Chamberland, Nathalie ^b   Breau, Livain ^b   Moser, Jacques E ^a   Humphry Baker, Robin ^a   Marsan, Benoît ^b   Zakeeruddin, Shaik M ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 77951672906     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.610     Document Type: Article

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