Smart windows for building integration: A new architecture for photovoltachromic devices

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 9290-9297

  Malara, Francesco ^a   Cannavale, Alessandro ^b   Carallo, Sonia ^a   Gigli, Giuseppe ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

building integration; chromogenics; dye sensitized cells; photovoltachromic cells; smart windows

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903514145     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am501648z     Document Type: Article

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