Development of a new class of thiocyanate-free cyclometalated ruthenium(II) complex for sensitizing nanocrystalline TiO2 Solar Cells

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Han, Liyuan ^a   Singh, Surya Prakash ^a   Islam, Ashraful ^a   Yanagida, Masatoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCRYSTALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS;

ANCHORINGS; BROAD ABSORPTIONS; LIGHT TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOCRYSTALLINES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RUTHENIUM SENSITIZERS; SENSITISATION; SENSITISER; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES; TIO 2 FILMS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 79959193040     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1110662X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/520848     Document Type: Article

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