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Title: Dye aggregation in dye-sensitized solar cells

Abstract

Dye aggregation dictates structural and optoelectronic properties of photoelectrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), thereby playing an essential role in their photovoltaic performance.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Nanjing Univ. of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing (China)
  2. Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge (United Kingdom); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab., Didcot (United Kingdom)
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1413732
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Materials Chemistry. A
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 37; Journal ID: ISSN 2050-7488
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY

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Zhang, Lei, and Cole, Jacqueline M. Dye aggregation in dye-sensitized solar cells. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1039/c7ta05632j.
Zhang, Lei, & Cole, Jacqueline M. Dye aggregation in dye-sensitized solar cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta05632j
Zhang, Lei, and Cole, Jacqueline M. Tue . "Dye aggregation in dye-sensitized solar cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta05632j. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1413732.
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abstractNote = {Dye aggregation dictates structural and optoelectronic properties of photoelectrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), thereby playing an essential role in their photovoltaic performance.},
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year = {Tue Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
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