Modeling dye-sensitized solar cells: From theory to experiment

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1044-1050

  Le Bahers, Tangui ^a   Pauporté, Thierry ^b   Lainé, Philippe P ^c   Labat, Frédéric ^b   Adamo, Carlo ^b,d   Ciofini, Ilaria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORIES (DFT); DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELEMENTARY PROCESS; MACROSCOPIC BEHAVIORS; TIME-DEPENDENT DFT; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84875528095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz400046p     Document Type: Review

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