Quantum chemical investigations aimed at modeling highly efficient zinc porphyrin dye sensitized solar cells

Journal of Molecular Modeling

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4199-4207

  Irfan, Ahmad ^a   Hina, Naz ^b   Al Sehemi, Abdullah G ^a   Asiri, Abdullah M ^c  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Absorption; Density functional theory; Dye sensitized solar cell; Frontier molecular orbitals; Porphyrin

Indexed keywords

DYE; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; TETRAPHENYLPORPHYRIN ZINC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SOLAR CELL; SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORPTION; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRONS; METALLOPORPHYRINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84867571785     PISSN: 16102940     EISSN: 09485023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00894-012-1421-4     Document Type: Article

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