Functionalized pentacenes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Li, Zhong ^a   Shankar, Karthik ^b   Mor, Gopal K ^c   Grimminger, Robert A ^a   Lin, Chih Min ^c   Anthony, John E ^a   Grimes, Craig A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Organic dyes; Organic solar cells; Titania

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON TRANSPORTING; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; LIGHT-HARVESTING; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; ORGANIC DYE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PENTACENES; PHOTOANODE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; TITANIA;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHROMOPHORES; NANOWIRES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84855402588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3553781     Document Type: Article

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