Synthesis and application of new ruthenium complexes containing β-diketonato ligands as sensitizers for nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Islam, Ashraful ^a,b   Singh, Surya Prakash ^a   Han, Liyuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHELATION; ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPLEX 1; HETEROLEPTIC COMPLEXES; HETEROLEPTIC RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES; LOCALISED; METHYLPENTANES; NANOCRYSTALLINES; RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES; SENSITISER; SYNTHESISED; TERPYRIDINES;

LIGANDS;

EID: 80052659133     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/204639     Document Type: Article

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