Beyond shockley-queisser: Molecular approaches to high-efficiency photovoltaics

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2367-2378

  Tayebjee, Murad J Y ^a   McCamey, Dane R ^a   Schmidt, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST ENGINEERING; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

CELL ARCHITECTURES; EFFICIENCY LIMITS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MOLECULAR APPROACH; MOLECULAR MATERIALS; MULTIPLE THRESHOLD; SINGLET FISSIONS; TRIPLET-TRIPLET ANNIHILATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84934903022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00716     Document Type: Article

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