An extremely high molar extinction coefficient ruthenium sensitizer in dye-sensitized solar cells: The effects of π-conjugation extension

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 113, Issue 32, 2009, Pages 14559-14566

  Yu, Qingjiang ^a   Liu, Shi ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Cai, Ning ^a,b   Wang, Yuan ^a   Wang, Peng ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PEAKS; ABSORPTIVITIES; ANCILLARY LIGANDS; BATHOCHROMIC SHIFT; BIPYRIDINES; BIPYRIDYL; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DEEP ELECTRONIC STATE; DFT CALCULATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; ELECTRON DIFFUSION LENGTH; ELECTRON-RICH; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; G-CONDITION; HETEROLEPTIC RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LOW ENERGIES; LOWER DENSITY; MESOPOROUS TITANIA; MOLAR EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; MOLECULE GRAFTING; NANOCRYSTALLINE TITANIA FILMS; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; PACKING DENSITY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REDOX ELECTROLYTES; RUTHENIUM SENSITIZERS; SURFACE COVERAGES; TITANIA FILMS; TITANIA NANOCRYSTALS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROLYTES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); LIGANDS; METALLIC FILMS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 68749109380     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp904096g     Document Type: Article

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