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Letter

Nature Materials 4, 455–459 (1 June 2005) | doi:10.1038/nmat1387

Nanowire dye-sensitized solar cells

Matt Law , Lori E. Greene , Justin C. Johnson , Richard Saykally & Peidong Yang

Excitonic solar cells—including organic, hybrid organic–inorganic and dye-sensitized cells (DSCs)—are promising devices for inexpensive, large-scale solar energy conversion. The DSC is currently the most efficient and stable excitonic photocell.