Molecular design of new hydrazone dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: Synthesis, characterization and DFT study

Journal of Molecular Structure

Volumn 1019, Issue , 2012, Pages 130-134

  Al Sehemi, Abdullah G ^a   Irfan, Ahmad ^a   Asiri, Abdullah M ^b   Ammar, Yousry Ahmed ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Absorption; Density functional theory; Dye sensitized solar cells; Transport properties

Indexed keywords

B3LYP/6-31G; DFT STUDY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; HYDRAZONES; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MOLECULAR DESIGN; REDOX COUPLE; SMALL ENERGY; SOLVATOCHROMIC EFFECTS;

ABSORPTION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ETHYLENE; ISOMERS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 84861801705     PISSN: 00222860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2012.02.035     Document Type: Article

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