New bithiazole-functionalized organic photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 516-524

  Lai, Lai Fan ^a   Ho, Cheuk Lam ^a   Chen, Yung Chung ^b   Wu, Wen Jun ^c   Dai, Feng Rong ^a   Chui, Chung Hin ^d   Huang, Shu Ping ^e   Guo, Kun Peng ^f   Lin, Jiann T'Suen ^b   Tian, He ^c   Yang, Shi He ^f   Wong, Wai Yeung ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bithiazole; Carbazole; Dye sensitized solar cell; Organic dye; Photosensitizer; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

BITHIAZOLE; CARBAZOLE; CHARGE FLOW; CHARGE-TRANSFER ABSORPTION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON DONOR MOIETIES; ELECTRON-DONATING; FILL FACTOR; HIGH EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; MOLECULAR FRAMEWORKS; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTOPHYSICAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REDOX POTENTIALS; REDOX PROPERTY; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; TRIARYLAMINES; VISIBLE REGION;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REDOX REACTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIOPHENE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84868631315     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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