New diketo-pyrrolo-pyrrole (DPP) sensitizer containing a furan moiety for efficient and stable dye-sensitized solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1384-1393

  Qu, Sanyin ^a   Wang, Bing ^a   Guo, Fuling ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Wu, Wenjun ^a   Kong, Cong ^a   Long, Yitao ^a   Hua, Jianli ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diketo pyrrolo pyrrole; Dye sensitized solar cell; Furan; Ionic liquid electrolyte; Metal free; Stability

Indexed keywords

DIKETOPYRROLOPYRROLES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FURAN; IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTE; METAL-FREE;

BENZENE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; IONIC LIQUIDS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIOPHENE; VANADIUM;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 80054850174     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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