Biocatalytic synthesis of a ruthenium macromolecular complex for photovoltaics

Journal of Macromolecular Science - Pure and Applied Chemistry

Volumn 39 A, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1195-1206

  Mosurkal, Ravi ^a   Roy, Sucharita ^a   Kumar, Jayant ^a   Samuelson, Lynne A ^b   Tripathy, Sukant K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Catalytic polymerization; Hematin; Macro dye; Photo voltaic cell

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSTS; DYES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; MONOMERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHENOLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERIZATION; RUTHENIUM; SOLAR ENERGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

HEMATIN; LIGANDS;

MACROMOLECULES;

EID: 0036448640     PISSN: 10601325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/MA-120014845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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