Role of energy level alignment in solar cells sensitized with a metal-free organic dye: A combined experimental and theoretical approach

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 208, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2467-2477

  Oprea, Corneliu I ^a   Dumbravä, Anca ^a   Enache, Irina ^a,b   Lungu, Jeanina ^a   Georgescu, Adrian ^a   Moscalu, Florin ^a   Oprea, Camelia ^a   Gîrţu, Mihai A ^a  

^a OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b Constanţa Maritime University ^*  (Romania)

Author keywords

conversion efficiency; dye sensitized solar cells; optical absorption; TD DFT

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DEPROTONATED FORM; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; DISODIUM SALT; DYE SOLUTIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRONIC SPECTRUM; ENERGY LEVEL ALIGNMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FILL FACTOR; NEUTRAL PH; OPTICAL SPECTRA; OPTIMIZED GEOMETRIES; ORGANIC DYE; OXIDE SURFACE; PHOTOELECTRODE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; PREPARATION CONDITIONS; PROTONATED; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SALICYLIC ACIDS; SINGLE DYE; SOLAR SPECTRUM; TD-DFT; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIO; VISIBLE RANGE;

ABSORPTION; ALIGNMENT; ALKALINITY; CONDUCTION BANDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIES; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ETHANOL; EXCITED STATES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PROTONATION; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 80054001794     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201127083     Document Type: Article

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