Carbon Nanohorns as Integrative Materials for Efficient Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells. (29th August 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Costa, Rubén D.; Feihl, Sebastian; Kahnt, Axel; Gambhir, Sanjeev; Officer, David L.; Wallace, Gordon G.; Lucio, María Isabel; Herrero, María Antonia; Vázquez, Ester; Syrgiannis, Zois; Prato, Maurizio; Guldi, Dirk M.
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 25:Number 45(2013)
• Page Start: 6513
• Page End: 6518
• Publication Date: 2013-08-29
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201301527
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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