Plasmonic core-shell metal-organic nanoparticles enhanced dye-sensitized solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 106, 2012, Pages A898-A907

  Xu, Qi ^a   Liu, Fang ^a   Meng, Weisi ^a   Huang, Yidong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-SHELL; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DYE MOLECULE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; IODIDE/TRI-IODIDE; LOCAL SURFACES; METAL-ORGANIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONIC; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLASMONS; SOLAR CELLS;

GOLD;

EID: 84869053922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A898     Document Type: Article

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