Ultrafast and slow charge recombination dynamics of diketopyrrolopyrrole-NiO dye sensitized solar cells

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 27, 2016, Pages 18515-18527

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Favereau, Ludovic ^b   Farré, Yoann ^b   Mijangos, Edgar ^a   Pellegrin, Yann ^b   Blart, Errol ^b   Odobel, Fabrice ^b   Hammarström, Leif ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

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EID: 84978372460     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c6cp01762b     Document Type: Article

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