Dye-sensitized solar cell based on a three-dimensional photonic crystal

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2303-2309

  Guldin, Stefan ^a   Hüttner, Sven ^a   Kolle, Matthias ^a,b   Welland, Mark E ^b   Müller Buschbaum, Peter ^c   Friend, Richard H ^a   Steiner, Ullrich ^a,d   Tétreault, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Photonic crystal; Photovoltaics; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY ROUTES; CHARGE COLLECTION; DYE SENSITIZATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; LENGTH SCALE; LIGHT MANAGEMENT; MATERIAL SYNTHESIS; MESOPOROUS; MESOPOROUS LAYERS; MICROPOROUS; PARAMETER SPACES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PORE CONNECTIVITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SELF ASSEMBLY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77955338300     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl904017t     Document Type: Article

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