Low-cost dyes based on methylthiophene for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-187

  Tian, Zongfang ^a   Huang, Meihua ^a   Zhao, Bin ^a,b   Huang, Hui ^a   Feng, Xiaoming ^a   Nie, Yujuan ^a   Shen, Ping ^a   Tan, Songting ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Metal free organic dyes; Methylthiophene; Photovoltaic performances; Triphenylamine dyes; Vinylene methylthiophene

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; METHYLTHIOPHENE; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; TRIPHENYL AMINES; VINYLENE METHYLTHIOPHENE;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ACRYLIC ACID; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; IRRADIATION; ORGANIC DYE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 77952553501     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2010.03.029     Document Type: Review

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