Influence of pyridine ligand nature and the corresponding ruthenium(ii) dye molecular structure on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 726-732

  Konti, Georgia ^a   Chatzivasiloglou, Evaggelia ^a   Likodimos, Vlassis ^a   Kantonis, Georgios ^a   Kontos, Athanassios G ^a   Philippopoulos, Athanassios I ^b   Falaras, Polycarpos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DYE; FLUOROPHOSPHATE; PYRIDINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 65549139694     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b817470a     Document Type: Article

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