Efficient dye-sensitized solar cells based on a 2-thiophen-2-yl-vinyl- conjugated ruthenium photosensitizer and a conjugated polymer hole conductor

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Mozer, A J ^a   Wada, Y ^a   Jiang, K J ^b   Masaki, N ^a   Yanagida, S ^a   Mori, S N ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; DYES; HOLE MOBILITY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; RUTHENIUM; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

HIGH FILL FACTOR; HOLE CONDUCTORS; LIGHT INTENSITY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33746635205     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2240296     Document Type: Article

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