High-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells with ferrocene-based electrolytes

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 211-215

  Daeneke, Torben ^a   Kwon, Tae Hyuk ^b   Holmes, Andrew B ^b   Duffy, Noel W ^c   Bach, Udo ^a   Spiccia, Leone ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 79951991979     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.966     Document Type: Article

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