A nickel-complex sensitiser for dye-sensitised solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1195-1203

  Linfoot, Charlotte L ^a   Richardson, Patricia ^a   McCall, Keri L ^a   Durrant, James R ^b   Morandeira, Ana ^b   Robertson, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DFT; Dye Sensitised Solar Cell; Nickel complex; Photoelectrochemical; Sensitizer; TD DFT

Indexed keywords

DFT; DYE-SENSITISED SOLAR CELLS; NICKEL COMPLEX; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SENSITIZER; TD-DFT;

ADSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EXCITED STATES; ION EXCHANGE; LIGANDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTROLYTE; LIGAND; NICKEL; OXIDE; RECOMBINATION; REDOX POTENTIAL; SOLAR POWER; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79956088076     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.02.023     Document Type: Article

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