Molecular design of unsymmetrical squaraine dyes for high efficiency conversion of low energy photons into electrons using TiO2 nanocrystalline films

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2720-2727

  Geiger, Thomas ^a   Kuster, Simon ^a   Yum, Jun Ho ^b   Moon, Soo Jin ^b   Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K ^b   Grätzel, Michael ^b   Nüesch, Frank ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Inst Quant Electron and Photonics   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANCHORING GROUPS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; FAST ELECTRON TRANSFER; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LOW ENERGY PHOTONS; MOLAR ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; MOLECULAR DESIGN; NANOCRYSTALLINE FILMS; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCURRENT SPECTRUM; PHOTOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; SQUARAINE DYES; SQUARAINES; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; TIO; UNSYMMETRICAL; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON MOBILITY; LIGHT; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY;

EID: 69949124345     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200900231     Document Type: Article

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