Boosting the efficiency of quantum dot sensitized solar cells through modulation of interfacial charge transfer

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1906-1915

  Kamat, Prashant V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 84863712141     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar200315d     Document Type: Article

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