Surface plasmon resonance of layer-by-layer gold nanoparticles induced photoelectric current in environmentally-friendly plasmon-sensitized solar cell

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 1, Issue JUNE, 2012, Pages

  Su, Yen Hsun ^a   Ke, Yuan Feng ^a   Cai, Shi Liang ^a   Yao, Qian Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Charge separation; Layer by layer gold nanoparticles; Plasmon sensitized solar cells; Plasmonic solar cells; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871303576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2012.14     Document Type: Article

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