Ruthenium bis-terpyridine complexes connected to an oligothiophene unit for dry dye-sensitised solar cells

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 200-204

  Houarner, Coralie ^a   Blart, Errol ^a   Buvat, Pierrick ^b   Odobel, Fabrice ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b CEA LE RIPAULT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYE SENSITISED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 14644396614     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b414031a     Document Type: Article

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