Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 9, Issue 1, 53(2016)

Micro-scale hierarchical photoanode for quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells based on TiO2 nanowires

Heng LI1,2、*, Wei JING1,2, Dapeng YU1,2, and Qing ZHAO1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 2Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100084, China
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    Heng LI, Wei JING, Dapeng YU, Qing ZHAO. Micro-scale hierarchical photoanode for quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells based on TiO2 nanowires[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2016, 9(1): 53

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    Category: RESEARCH ARTICLE

    Received: Nov. 23, 2015

    Accepted: Dec. 14, 2015

    Published Online: Oct. 21, 2016

    The Author Email: Heng LI (yudp@pku.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-016-0565-8

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