An atomistic picture of the regeneration process in dye sensitized solar cells

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4830-4833

  Schiffmann, Florian ^a   VandeVondele, Joost ^a   Hutter, Jürg ^a   Urakawa, Atsushi ^b   Wirz, Ronny ^b   Baiker, Alfons ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Molecular dynamics simulations; Photovoltaics; Solid liquid interfaces; Statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; DYE; ELECTROLYTE; OXIDE; RUTHENIUM DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; THIOCYANATE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77950453191     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913277107     Document Type: Article

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