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WE have developed a new type of electrochemical photocell, using an optically transparent semiconductor electrode whose surface was modified by the chemical binding of sensitising dyes. In spite of the absence of dye in the solution, a photocurrent, as large as those previously observed at the unmodified electrodes in contact with the dye solutions was obtained.
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OSA, T., FUJIHIRA, M. Photocell using covalently-bound dyes on semiconductor surfaces. Nature 264, 349–350 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/264349a0
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