First principles modeling of eosin-loaded ZnO films: A step toward the understanding of dye-sensitized solar cell performances

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 40, 2009, Pages 14290-14298

  Labat, Frédéric ^a   Ciofini, Ilaria ^a   Hratchian, Hrant P ^b   Frisch, Mike ^b   Raghavachari, Krishnan ^c   Adamo, Carlo ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b GAUSSIAN INC   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED SYSTEM; CELL EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FIRST-PRINCIPLES MODELING; HYBRID EXCHANGE; INJECTION MECHANISMS; INJECTION TIME; NEWNS-ANDERSON; ORBITALS; REDUCED SYSTEMS; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TIME-DEPENDENT DFT; TWO PHOTON; UV-VISIBLE; UV-VISIBLE SPECTRA; WURTZITES; ZNO; ZNO FILMS; ZNO SUBSTRATE; ZNO THIN FILM;

CELL MEMBRANES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; METALLIC FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

SUBSTRATES;

EOSIN; ZINC OXIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION; SIMULATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 70349923784     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja902833s     Document Type: Article

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