Nitrogen doped TiO2-CuxO core-shell mesoporous spherical hybrids for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 563-574

  Guo, Enyan ^a   Yin, Longwei ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84949117645     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4cp03132f     Document Type: Article

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