Modeling materials and processes in hybrid/organic photovoltaics: From dye-sensitized to perovskite solar cells

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3349-3360

  De Angelis, Filippo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 84911092219     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar500089n     Document Type: Article

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