Hong Zhang
Hong Zhang
1Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
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Kasra Darabi
Kasra Darabi
2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
2,#,
Narges Yaghoobi Nia
Narges Yaghoobi Nia
3Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy (CHOSE), University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133 Italy
3,#,
Anurag Krishna
Anurag Krishna
4Laboratory of Photomolecular Science, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
4,
Paramvir Ahlawat
Paramvir Ahlawat
5Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
5,
Boyu Guo
Boyu Guo
2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
2,
Masaud Hassan S Almalki
Masaud Hassan S Almalki
1Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
1,
Tzu-Sen Su
Tzu-Sen Su
1Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
1,
Dan Ren
Dan Ren
1Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
1,
Viacheslav Bolnykh
Viacheslav Bolnykh
5Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
5,
Luigi Angelo Castriotta
Luigi Angelo Castriotta
3Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy (CHOSE), University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133 Italy
3,
Mahmoud Zendehdel
Mahmoud Zendehdel
3Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy (CHOSE), University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133 Italy
6Kimia Solar Research Institute, Kimia Solar Company, Kashan, 87137-45868 Iran
3,6,
Linfeng Pan
Linfeng Pan
4Laboratory of Photomolecular Science, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
4,
Sandy Sanchez Alonso
Sandy Sanchez Alonso
1Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
4Laboratory of Photomolecular Science, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
1,4,
Ruipeng Li
Ruipeng Li
7National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
7,
Shaik M Zakeeruddin
Shaik M Zakeeruddin
1Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
1,
Anders Hagfeldt
Anders Hagfeldt
4Laboratory of Photomolecular Science, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
8Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
4,8,
Ursula Rothlisberger
Ursula Rothlisberger
5Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
5,
Aldo Di Carlo
Aldo Di Carlo
3Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy (CHOSE), University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133 Italy
9ISM-CNR, Institute of Structure of Matter, National Research Council, via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
3,9,✉,
Aram Amassian
Aram Amassian
2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
2,✉,
Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel
1Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
1,✉
1Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
3Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy (CHOSE), University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133 Italy
4Laboratory of Photomolecular Science, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
5Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
6Kimia Solar Research Institute, Kimia Solar Company, Kashan, 87137-45868 Iran
7National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
8Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
9ISM-CNR, Institute of Structure of Matter, National Research Council, via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
Subject terms: Materials chemistry, Materials for devices, Solar cells
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