Singlet fission for dye-sensitized solar cells: Can a suitable sensitizer be found?

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 51, 2006, Pages 16546-16553

  Paci, Irina ^a   Johnson, Justin C ^b   Chen, Xudong ^c   Rana, Geeta ^c   Popović, Duška ^c   David, Donald E ^c   Nozik, Arthur J ^b   Ratner, Mark A ^a   Michl, Josef ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

BIRADICALS; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EXCITED STATE ENERGY LEVELS; SINGLET FISSION;

SOLAR CELLS;

DYE; HYDROCARBON; RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON; ENERGY; PHOTON; QUANTUM YIELD; TIME;

EID: 33845932883     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja063980h     Document Type: Article

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