Organic dyes incorporating the cyclopentadithiophene moiety for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1292-1299

  Cheng, Xiaobing ^a   Sun, Siyuan ^a   Liang, Mao ^a   Shi, Yongbo ^a   Sun, Zhe ^a   Xue, Song ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Conjugated bridge; Cyclopentadithiophene; Dye sensitized solar cell; Organic dye; Photovoltaic; Triarylamine

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED BRIDGES; CYCLOPENTADITHIOPHENE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; TRIARYLAMINES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 80054053516     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2011.09.019     Document Type: Article

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