Theoretical investigation of the photophysical properties of black dye sensitizer [(H3-tctpy)M(NCS)3]- (M = Fe, Ru, Os) in dye sensitized solar cells

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 4 B, 2007, Pages 2655-2660

  Govindasamy, Agalya ^a   Lv, Chen ^a   Tsuboi, Hideyuki ^a   Koyama, Michihisa ^a   Endou, Akira ^a   Takaba, Hiromitsu ^a   Kubo, Momoji ^a,b   Del Carpio, Carlos A ^a   Miyamoto, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorption spectrum; Black dye sensitizer; Density functional theory; Dye sensitized solar cell; Time dependent density functional theory

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ETHANOL; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS;

DESTABILIZATION; DYE SENSITIZER; RED SHIFT; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX; SPLITTING ENERGY;

DYES;

EID: 34547916507     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.46.2655     Document Type: Article

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