Enhance the optical absorptivity of nanocrystalline TiO2 film with high molar extinction coefficient ruthenium sensitizers for high performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 10720-10728

  Gao, Feifei ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a,b   Shi, Dong ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Wang, Mingkui ^c   Jing, Xiaoyan ^b   Humphry Baker, Robin ^c   Wang, Peng ^a   Zakeeruddin, Shaik M ^c   Grätzel, Michael ^c  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; BENCHMARKING; CELLS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYTOLOGY; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; DYES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; IONIC LIQUIDS; IONS; METALLIC FILMS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; THICK FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

AB SORPTIVITY; AIR MASS; CHARGE COLLECTIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; ELECTRON DIFFUSION; ELECTRON DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; HETEROLEPTIC; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; MESOPOROUS TITANIA; MESOSCOPIC; METHOXYPROPIONITRILE; MOLAR EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; NANO-CRYSTALLINE; OPTICAL-; PRELIMINARY TESTING; RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES; SOLVENT-FREE; SPECTATOR LIGANDS;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

ACETONITRILE; DYE; ELECTROLYTE; IONIC LIQUID; LIGAND; NANOMATERIAL; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX; SOLVENT; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION; AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUGATION; DEVICE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON; FILM; IMPEDANCE; MASS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 49449091340     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja801942j     Document Type: Article

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