Chemisorption of a thiol-functionalized ruthenium dye on zinc oxide nanoparticles: Implications for dye-sensitized solar cells

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 497, Issue 4-6, 2010, Pages 196-199

  Singh, Jagdeep ^a   Im, Jisun ^a   Whitten, James E ^a   Soares, Jason W ^b   Steeves, Diane M ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE SPECTROSCOPY; BIPYRIDINES; CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY LEVEL DIAGRAMS; ENTHALPIC DRIVING FORCE; FUNCTIONALIZED; RUTHENIUM DYE; SURFACE DENSITY; TIO; XPS; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD;

ADSORPTION; CHEMISORPTION; ELECTRON MOBILITY; NANORODS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RUTHENIUM; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77956487972     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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