A novel D-A-π-A organic sensitizer containing a diketopyrrolopyrrole unit with a branched alkyl chain for highly efficient and stable dye-sensitized solar cells

Chemical Communications

Volumn 48, Issue 55, 2012, Pages 6972-6974

  Qu, Sanyin ^a   Qin, Chuanjiang ^a   Islam, Ashraful ^a   Wu, Yongzhen ^b   Zhu, Weihong ^b   Hua, Jianli ^b   Tian, He ^b   Han, Liyuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN ALKYL GROUP; DYE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELLS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; SENSITIZATION; SOLAR CELL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84862535731     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: 1364548X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc31998e     Document Type: Article

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