New organic photosensitizers incorporating carbazole and dimethylarylamine moieties for dye-sensitized solar cells

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2711-2716

  Liang, Mao ^a   Wang, Zhong Yuan ^a   Zhang, Lu ^a   Han, Hong Yu ^a   Sun, Zhe ^a   Xue, Song ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbazole; Dimethylarylamine; Dye sensitized solar cell; Organic sensitizer; Photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

CARBAZOLE; DIMETHYLARYLAMINE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ORGANIC SENSITIZER; PHOTOVOLTAIC;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYES; ELECTRONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DYE; ELECTRON; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; FUEL CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TITANIUM;

EID: 79957471386     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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