Synchronized energy and electron transfer processes in covalently linked CdSe-squaraine dye-TiO 2 light harvesting assembly

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 5718-5726

  Choi, Hyunbong ^a   Santra, Pralay K ^a   Kamat, Prashant V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

CdSe; photocurrent generation; photosensitization; quantum dot solar cells; squaraine linker dye; transient absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CDSE; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS; SQUARAINES; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HARVESTING; LIGHT; RATE CONSTANTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CADMIUM ALLOYS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; NANOPARTICLE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM;

EID: 84862892603     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn301982e     Document Type: Article

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