An efficient light-harvesting ruthenium dye for solar cell application

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-101

  Wu, Shi Jhang ^a   Chen, Chia Yuan ^a   Chen, Jian Ging ^b   Li, Jheng Ying ^a   Tung, Yung Liang ^c   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^b   Wu, Chun Guey ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Dye sensitized solar cell; Heteroleptic; High efficiency; Ruthenium; Thiophene

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; LIGANDS; RUTHENIUM; SOLAR CELLS; THIOPHENE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; ANCILLARY LIGANDS; CONJUGATION; CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROLEPTIC; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; METAL TO LIGAND CHARGE TRANSFERS; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL ELEMENT; DYE; IRRADIATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 69249230745     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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