Highly efficient plastic crystal ionic conductors for solid-state Dye-Sensitized solar cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hwang, Daesub ^a,b   Kim, Dong Young ^b   Jo, Seong Mu ^b   Armel, Vanessa ^c   MacFarlane, Douglas R ^c   Kim, Dongho ^a   Jang, Sung Yeon ^d  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Kookmin University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84890663747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03520     Document Type: Article

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