Molecular design of porphyrins for dye-sensitized solar cells: A DFT/TDDFT study

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 524-530

  Santhanamoorthi, N ^a   Lo, Chien Min ^a   Jiang, Jyh Chiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DFT TDDFT; DSSCs; HOMO LUMO gap; porphyrin; UV vis spectra

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING GROUPS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORIES (DFT); DFT-TDDFT; DSSCS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON-DONATING; ENERGY GAP VALUES; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; HOMO-LUMO GAPS; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MOLECULAR DESIGN; TIME-DEPENDENT DFT; UV/VIS SPECTRA;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PORPHYRINS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84873425052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz302101j     Document Type: Article

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