Photosensitization of nanocrystalline SnO2 films with a tris(2,2′-bipyridine) ruthenium(ii)-fullerene dyad

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-133

  Nasr, Chouhaid ^a   Guldi, Dirk M ^b   Maggini, Michele ^c   Paolucci, Francesco ^d   Hotchandani, Surat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyads; Fulleropyrrolidine; Photosensitization; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FULLERENES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RUTHENIUM; SEMICONDUCTING TIN COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS;

SUPRAMOLECULAR SYSTEMS;

SEMICONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 0038171242     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/FST-120021139     Document Type: Article

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