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In Situ Polymerized Carboxylated Diacetylene as a Hole Conductor in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Yanping Wang,^† Ke Yang,^† Seong-Cheol Kim,^† Ramaswamy Nagarajan,^† Lynne A. Samuelson,^‡ and Jayant Kumar*^†

Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Center for Advanced Materials, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, and Nanomaterials Science Team, United States Army Natick Soldier Center, RDECOM, Natick, Massachusetts 01760

Chem. Mater., 2006, 18 (18), pp 4215–4217

DOI: 10.1021/cm0609045

Publication Date (Web): August 15, 2006

†

University of Massachusetts Lowell.

‡

U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center.

Corresponding author. E-mail address: jayant_kumar@uml.edu.

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Published In Issue September 05, 2006
Received April 19, 2006
Revised Manuscript Received July 11, 2006

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