Investigation of the effect of alkyl chain length on charge transfer at TiO2/dye/electrolyte interface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3522-3527

  Mori, Shogo N ^a,b   Kubo, Wataru ^a   Kanzaki, Taisuke ^a   Masaki, Naruhiko ^a   Wada, Yuji ^a   Yanagida, Shozo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); CHARGE TRANSFER; DYES; ELECTROLYTES; METAL COMPLEXES; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALKYL CHAIN LENGTH; CONVENTIONAL DYES; REDOX COUPLE; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 33947422118     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp066261y     Document Type: Article

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