Photocurrent Enhancement from Solid-State Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion of Low-Intensity, Low-Energy Photons

ACS Photonics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 784-790

  Li, Chuanhao ^a   Koenigsmann, Christopher ^b   Deng, Fan ^a   Hagstrom, Anna ^a   Schmuttenmaer, Charles A ^b   Kim, Jae Hong ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

photoelectrochemical cells; solar cells; triplet triplet annihilation; upconversion

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTONS; SOLAR CELLS;

CELL ARCHITECTURES; DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; LOW ENERGY PHOTONS; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SOLAR CELL DEVICES; TRIPLET-TRIPLET ANNIHILATION; UP-CONVERSION;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84970971276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00694     Document Type: Article

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