Commercial and natural dyes as photosensitizers for a water-based dye-sensitized solar cell loaded with gold nanoparticles

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 195, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 307-313

  Lai, Wei Hao ^a   Su, Yen Hsun ^a   Teoh, Lay Gaik ^b   Hon, Min Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Dye sensitized solar cell (dssc); Gold nanoparticle (au np); Photoluminescence; Schottky barrier

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649399971     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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