Thiocyanate ligand substitution kinetics of the solar cell dye Z-907 by 3-methoxypropionitrile and 4-tert-butylpyridine at elevated temperatures

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1939-1945

  Tuyet Nguyen, Phuong ^a   Degn, Rikke ^a   Thai Nguyen, Hoang ^a   Lund, Torben ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

LC MS; Thermal stability; Thiocyanate substitution; Z 907

Indexed keywords

4-TERT-BUTYLPYRIDINE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROLYTE SOLVENT; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EQUILIBRIUM REACTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS RATE CONSTANT; HOMOGENEOUS SOLUTIONS; LC-MS; LIGAND EXCHANGES; LIGAND SUBSTITUTION; LIGAND SUBSTITUTION KINETICS; NANOCRYSTALLINE PARTICLE; PRODUCT FORMATION; THERMAL STABILITY; THIOCYANATE SUBSTITUTION; TIO; Z-907;

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTROLYTES; LIGANDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RATE CONSTANTS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 69949185465     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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