Photovoltaic performance and characteristics of dye-sensitized solar cells prepared with the n719 thermal degradation products [Ru(LH)2(NCS)(4- tert-butylpyridine)][N(Bu)4] and [Ru(LH)2(NCS)(1- methylbenzimidazole)][N(Bu)4]

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2533-2539

  Nguyen, Phuong Tuyet ^a   Lam, Binh Xuan Thi ^a   Andersen, Anders Rand ^b,c   Hansen, Poul Erik ^a   Lund, Torben ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dyes; Electrochemistry; Sensitizers; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DYES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

4-TERT-BUTYLPYRIDINE; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DYE- SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; NMR-SPECTROSCOPY; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SENSITISER; SYNTHESISED; THERMAL DEGRADATION';

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79956308146     PISSN: 14341948     EISSN: 10990682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201000935     Document Type: Article

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