All-solid-state, semiconductor-sensitized nanoporous solar cells

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 705-713

  Hodes, Gary ^a   Cahen, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 84861181278     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar200219h     Document Type: Article

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