An ultraviolet responsive hybrid solar cell based on titania/poly(3- hexylthiophene)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wu, Jihuai ^a   Yue, Gentian ^a   Xiao, Yaoming ^a   Lin, Jianming ^a   Huang, Miaoliang ^a   Lan, Zhang ^a   Tang, Qunwei ^a   Huang, Yunfang ^a   Fan, Leqing ^a   Yin, Shu ^b   Sato, Tsugio ^b  

^a HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84874327982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01283     Document Type: Article

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