TiO 2 nanotube-based dye-sensitized solar cell using new photosensitizer with enhanced open-circuit voltage and fill factor

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4413-4418

  Sharmoukh, W ^a   Allam, Nageh K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

Author keywords

bipyridine; dye sensitized solar cell; open circuit voltage; Ru complexes

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; BIPYRIDINES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FILL FACTOR; MOLAR EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; PHOTOACTIVE MATERIALS; REDOX ELECTROLYTES; RU COMPLEXES; RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES; TIO;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOTUBES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84865214410     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am301089t     Document Type: Article

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