Tailoring of Energy Levels in D-Ï -A Organic Dyes via Fluorination of Acceptor Units for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lee, Min Woo ^a,b   Kim, Jae Yup ^a   Son, Hae Jung ^a   Kim, Jin Young ^a,d   Kim, Bongsoo ^a,d   Kim, Honggon ^a,d   Lee, Doh Kwon ^a   Kim, Kyungkon ^c   Lee, Duck Hyung ^b   Ko, Min Jae ^a,d  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84946545019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07711     Document Type: Article

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