A combined experimental and theoretical study of natural betalain pigments used in dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 240, Issue , 2012, Pages 5-13

  Oprea, Corneliu I ^a   Dumbrava, Anca ^a   Enache, Irina ^a,b   Georgescu, Adrian ^a   Gîrţu, Mihai A ^a  

^a OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b Constanţa Maritime University ^*  (Romania)

Author keywords

Betalains; Dye sensitized solar cells; Nanocrystalline TiO 2; Optical spectra; Photovoltaic conversion efficiency; Time dependent density functional theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861728940     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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