Spectral broadening in nanocrytalline TiO2 solar cells based on poly(p-phenylene ethynylene) and polythiophene sensitizers

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 6109-6111

  Mwaura, Jeremiah K ^a   Zhao, Xiaoyong ^a   Jiang, Hui ^a   Schanze, Kirk S ^a   Reynolds, John R ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYELECTROLYTES (CPE); POLYTHIOPHENE SENSITIZERS; TUNABLE BAND GAPS SPANNING;

CARBOXYLATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GLASS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SOLAR CELLS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 33846344227     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm062198d     Document Type: Article

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