DFT and TD-DFT investigations of metal-free dye sensitizers for solar cells: Effects of electron donors and π-conjugated linker

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 971, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 42-50

  Tai, Chin Kuen ^a   Chen, Yu Jung ^a   Chang, Hung Wei ^a   Yeh, Pao Ling ^a,b   Wang, Bo Cheng ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conjugated linker effect; Absorption spectrum; DSSC; Electron donating effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862925948     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2011.05.036     Document Type: Article

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