3D hierarchical rutile TiO2 and metal-free organic sensitizer producing dye-sensitized solar cells 8.6% conversion efficiency

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lin, Jianjian ^a   Heo, Yoon Uk ^b   Nattestad, Andrew ^a   Sun, Ziqi ^a   Wang, Lianzhou ^c   Kim, Jung Ho ^a   Dou, Shi Xue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84906819112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05769     Document Type: Article

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