Perspectives on ab initio molecular simulation of excited-state properties of organic dye molecules in dye-sensitised solar cells

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 35, 2012, Pages 12044-12056

  Agrawal, Saurabh ^a   English, Niall J ^a   Thampi, K Ravindranathan ^a   MacElroy, J M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 84865211952     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2cp42031g     Document Type: Review

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