All-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells with high efficiency

Nature

Volumn 485, Issue 7399, 2012, Pages 486-489

  Chung, In ^a   Lee, Byunghong ^b   He, Jiaqing ^a   Chang, Robert P H ^b   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; DYE; ELECTROLYTE; GALLIUM; INDIUM; IODIDE; SELENIUM; SILICON; TELLURIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CORROSION; CYPRINID; DYE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL; IODIDE; REDOX POTENTIAL;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR CELL; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLID STATE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 84861417492     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11067     Document Type: Article

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