Water splitting dye-sensitized solar cells

doi:10.1016/j.nantod.2017.04.009

Title: Water splitting dye-sensitized solar cells

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; McCool, Nicholas S.; Mallouk, Thomas E.

Publication Date:: 2017-06-01

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

OSTI Identifier:: 1414868

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER15911

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nano Today

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Nano Today Journal Volume: 14 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0132

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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                    Xu, Pengtao, McCool, Nicholas S., and Mallouk, Thomas E. Water splitting dye-sensitized solar cells.  Netherlands: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Xu, Pengtao, McCool, Nicholas S., & Mallouk, Thomas E. Water splitting dye-sensitized solar cells.  Netherlands.  doi:10.1016/j.nantod.2017.04.009.

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                    Xu, Pengtao, McCool, Nicholas S., and Mallouk, Thomas E. Thu .  
        "Water splitting dye-sensitized solar cells".  Netherlands.  doi:10.1016/j.nantod.2017.04.009.

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@article{osti_1414868,

  title        = {Water splitting dye-sensitized solar cells},

  author       = {Xu, Pengtao and McCool, Nicholas S. and Mallouk, Thomas E.},

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  doi          = {10.1016/j.nantod.2017.04.009},

  journal      = {Nano Today},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 14,

  place        = {Netherlands},

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  month        = {6}

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