Conjugate spacer effect on molecular structures and absorption spectra of triphenylamine dyes for sensitized solar cells: Density functional theory calculations

Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 287-293

  Xu, Jie ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Liang, Guijie ^a,b   Bai, Zikui ^a   Wang, Luoxin ^a   Xu, Weilin ^a   Shen, Xiaolin ^a  

^a WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; Density functional theory; Dye sensitized solar cells; Molecular structures; Triphenylamine dyes

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; INJECTION PROCESS; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; RED SHIFT; SEMICONDUCTOR CONDUCTION; SOLUTE-SOLVENT INTERACTION; SPACER EFFECTS; TIME-DEPENDENT DFT; TIO; TRIPHENYL AMINES;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ION EXCHANGE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; THIOPHENE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

AMINE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; COLORING AGENT; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ABSORPTION; AMINES; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; COLORING AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THIOPHENES;

EID: 78650700820     PISSN: 13861425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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