Meta versus para substituent effect of organic dyes for sensitized solar cells

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 192-202

  Lin, Yan Duo ^a   Chien, Ching Ting ^a   Lin, Szu Yu ^a   Chang, Heng Hsuan ^b   Liu, Ching Yang ^b   Chow, Tahsin J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; Dye sensitized solar cell; Meta substituent effect; Stilbene

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051781627     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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