Simple sensitizers of low band gap based on 4-nitro-a-cyanostilbene prepared from a one-step reaction for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1242-1249

  Mikroyannidis, J A ^a   Tsagkournos, D V ^a   Balraju, P ^b,d   Sharma, G D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Jaipur Engineering College   (India)

^d JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cyanovinylene; Dye sensitized solar cells; Low band gap; Nitro; Organic sensitizers; Photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

CYANOVINYLENE; LOW BAND GAP; NITRO; ORGANIC SENSITIZERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 78149466760     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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