Excited-state nature in benzodifuranone dyes: Insights from ab initio simulations

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1144-1152

  Cerón Carrasco, José P ^a   Ripoche, Alexis ^a   Odobel, Fabrice ^a   Jacquemin, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; Benzodifuranone; Dye sensitised solar cells (DSSC); Organic dyes; Strong acceptors; Time dependent density functional theory

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; COMPUTATION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXCITED STATES; OPTICAL CORRELATION;

AB INITIO SIMULATIONS; BENZODIFURANONE; COMPUTATIONAL PROTOCOLS; COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; ORGANIC DYE; PUSH-PULL STRUCTURES; STRONG ACCEPTORS; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 80053622889     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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