Theoretical studies on spectroscopic properties of ruthenium sensitizers absorbed to TiO 2 film surface with connection mode for DSSC

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 459-468

  Chen, Jie ^a   Bai, Fu Quan ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Hao, Li ^a   Xie, Zai Feng ^a   Pan, Qing Jiang ^b   Zhang, Hong Xing ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Absorption spectrum; Density functional theory; Deprotonation; Dye sensitized solar cell; Frontier molecular orbital; TiO 2 surface model

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BEHAVIORS; ABSORPTION TRANSITIONS; ANCILLARY LIGANDS; CONNECTION MODE; DFT METHOD; DYE MOLECULE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESS; FILM SURFACES; FRONTIER MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MESOSCOPICS; NEAR-IR; ORBITAL COMPONENTS; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; RUTHENIUM SENSITIZERS; SLAB MODEL; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; SURFACE MODELS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIO; ULTRA-FAST;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; CHROMOPHORES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DEPROTONATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRON INJECTION; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; OXIDE MINERALS; RUTHENIUM; SOLAR CELLS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84862786787     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2012.01.018     Document Type: Article

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