Effects of different acceptors in phenothiazine-triphenylamine dyes on the optical, electrochemical, and photovoltaic properties

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 150-155

  Wan, Zhongquan ^a   Jia, Chunyang ^a   Duan, Yandong ^b   Zhang, Jiaqiang ^c   Lin, Yuan ^b   Shi, Yu ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c CHINA ACADEMY OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acceptor; Cyanoacetic acid; Dye sensitized solar cells; Phenothiazine; Photovoltaic property; Rhodanine 3 acetic acid

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR; CYANOACETIC ACIDS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; PHENOTHIAZINE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY;

ACETIC ACID; CONDUCTION BANDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; EXCITED STATES; INSECTICIDES; PH; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84862776609     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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