What limits photon upconversion on mesoporous thin films sensitized by solution-phase absorbers?

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 4550-4564

  Lissau, Jonas Sandby ^a,b   Nauroozi, Djawed ^a   Santoni, Marie Pierre ^a   Edvinsson, Tomas ^a   Ott, Sascha ^a   Gardner, James M ^b   Morandeira, Ana ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTONS; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; ZIRCONIA;

9 ,10-DIPHENYLANTHRACENE; MESOPOROUS THIN FILMS; NANOCRYSTALLINE METAL; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS; PHOTON UP CONVERSIONS; SHOCKLEY-QUEISSER LIMITS; SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS; TRIPLET-TRIPLET ANNIHILATION;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84924170169     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5118129     Document Type: Article

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