Fast low-spin cobalt complex redox shuttles for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 328-332

  Xie, Yuling ^a   Hamann, Thomas W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy and Charge Transport; Energy Conversion and Storage

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPLEXES; DRIVING FORCES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; KINETIC FEATURES; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RATE LIMITING; REDOX SHUTTLE; TIO; ULTRATHIN COATINGS;

ALUMINA; COBALT; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUANTUM YIELD; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84872712856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301934e     Document Type: Article

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