Molecular design of organic dyes based on vinylene hexylthiophene bridge for dye-sensitized solar cells

Science in China, Series B: Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1198-1209

  Liu, Daxi ^a   Zhao, Bin ^a   Shen, Ping ^a   Huang, Hui ^a   Liu, Liming ^a   Tan, Songting ^a  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitizer; Electron donor; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

DYE SENSITIZER; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRON DONOR; ELECTRON DONORS; FILL FACTOR; MOLECULAR DESIGN; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; ORGANIC DYE; P-TOLYL; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; TRIPHENYL AMINES;

CELL MEMBRANES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 68649117671     PISSN: 10069291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-009-0163-3     Document Type: Article

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