Effect of solvent and additives on the open-circuit voltage of ZnO-based dye-sensitized solar cells: A combined theoretical and experimental study

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 44, 2010, Pages 14710-14719

  Le Bahers, Tangui ^a   Labat, Frédéric ^a   Pauporté, Thierry ^a   Ciofini, Ilaria ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

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EID: 78149272571     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c004358c     Document Type: Article

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