Fine tuning the structure of unsymmetrical squaraine dyes towards the development of efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8111, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Pandey, Shyam S ^a   Watanabe, Rie ^a   Fujikawa, Naotaka ^a   Ogomi, Yuhei ^a   Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro ^b   Hayase, Shuzi ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Molecular asymmetry; Squaraine dyes

Indexed keywords

DYE AGGREGATION; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; FILL FACTOR; FINE TUNING; INDOLE RINGS; MOLECULAR ASYMMETRY; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SENSITIZING DYE; SOLAR IRRADIATION; SQUARAINE DYES; SQUARAINES; UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW;

DYES; ENERGY CONVERSION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOEXCITATION; SOLAR RADIATION; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TUNING;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 80054071149     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.893354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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