Coumarin dyes containing low-band-gap chromophores for dye-sensitised solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 304-310

  Seo, Kang Deuk ^a   Song, Hae Min ^a   Lee, Myung Jun ^a   Pastore, Mariachiara ^b   Anselmi, Chiara ^b   De Angelis, Filippo ^b   Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K ^c   Gräetzel, Michael ^c   Kim, Hwan Kyu ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coumarin; Dye sensitised solar cell; Ethylenedioxythiophene; Low band gap chromophore; Molecular orbitals

Indexed keywords

ACID MOIETY; AROMATIC UNITS; BAND GAPS; COUMARIN; COUMARIN DYES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DYE-SENSITISED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITISED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; FILL FACTOR; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; TORSION ANGLE;

CHEMICAL BONDS; CHROMOPHORES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79951585890     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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