Nanomaterials for lighting and solar energy conversion

Nano-Structures for Optics and Photonics: Optical Strategies for Enhancing Sensing, Imaging, Communication and Energy Conversion

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 373-414

  Monti, Filippo ^a   Pavoni, Eleonora ^a   Armaroli, Nicola ^a  

^a Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattivit à   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENCE; METAL COMPLEXES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; YARN;

ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; LUMINOPHORES; PHOTOINDUCED ENERGY; PHOTOINDUCED PROCESS; SUPRAMOLECULAR ARRAYS;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

EID: 84926469899     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9133-5_18     Document Type: Chapter

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