New photovoltaic devices based on the sensitization of p-type semiconductors: Challenges and opportunities

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1063-1071

  Odobel, Fabrice ^a   Le Pleux, Loïc ^a   Pellegrin, Yann ^a   Blart, Errol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

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EID: 77955682114     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar900275b     Document Type: Article

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