Improvement of the photovoltaic performance of solid-state dye-sensitized device by silver complexation of the sensitizer cis-bis(4,4′- dicarboxy-2,2′bipyridine)-bis(isothiocyanato) ruthenium(II)

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 367-369

  Krüger, Jessica ^a   Plass, Robert ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a   Matthieu, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; BIPYRIDINES; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; DYE ADSORPTION; DYE SENSITIZED; DYE SOLUTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SILVER COMPLEXATION; SILVER IONS; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC EVIDENCE; SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD; TETRAKIS; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

ADSORPTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; METAL IONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RUTHENIUM; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 79955982267     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1490394     Document Type: Article

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