Novel organic sensitizers containing 2,6-difunctionalized anthracene unit for dye sensitized solar cells

Polymers

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1443-1461

  Yen, Yung Sheng ^a   Chen, Yung Chung ^a   Chou, Hsien Hsin ^a   Huang, Shih Tang ^a   Lin, Jiann T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anthracene; Dye sensitized solar cells; Metal free sensitizers

Indexed keywords

ACID GROUPS; ANCHORING GROUPS; ARYL AMINES; CHARGE TRANSFER TRANSITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CONJUGATED BRIDGES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; METAL-FREE SENSITIZERS; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS;

ANTHRACENE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; THIOPHENE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84865100423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym4031443     Document Type: Article

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