Ground- and excited-state electronic structures of the solar cell sensitizer bis(4,4′-dicarboxylato-2,2′-bipyridine)bis(isothiocyanato)ruthenium( II)

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 106, Issue 32, 2002, Pages 7399-7406

  Monat, Jeremy E ^a,b   Rodriguez, Jorge H ^c   McCusker, James K ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GROUND STATE; MOLECULES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELL SENSITIZERS;

PHOTOSENSITIZERS;

EID: 0037104734     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp020927g     Document Type: Article

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