Nanostructured materials for efficient solar energy conversion

2010 10th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 176-179

  Imahori, Hiroshi ^a,b,c   Iijima, Hiroaki ^b   Ito, Seigo ^d   Shimada, Taichi ^e   Kato, Takashi ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^e CHISSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PERFORMANCE; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; COMPLEX BINDING; DYE AGGREGATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; MESITYL GROUPS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; PHTHALOCYANINE MOLECULES; SUBSTITUENT EFFECT; TIO;

BINDING ENERGY; CARBON NANOTUBES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ISOMERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PORPHYRINS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 79951826776     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NANO.2010.5697739     Document Type: Conference Paper

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