The renaissance of dye-sensitized solar cells

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 162-169

  Hardin, Brian E ^a   Snaith, Henry J ^b   McGehee, Michael D ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

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EID: 84857820566     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.22     Document Type: Review

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