A phenylcarbazole functionalized ruthenium dye for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2497-2506

  Fan, Su Hua ^a,b   Zhang, An Guo ^a   Ju, Chuan Chuan ^a   Wang, Ke Zhi ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bipyridine; Dye sensitized solar cell; Phenanthroline; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

BIPYRIDINES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FILL FACTOR; FUNCTIONALIZED; HETEROLEPTIC; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; PHENANTHROLINE; PHENANTHROLINES; RU COMPLEXES; RUTHENIUM DYE; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; SIMULATED SOLAR LIGHT;

CARBOXYLATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DYES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

ANATASE; DYE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRON DENSITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RUTHENIUM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 80052293459     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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