A rational design for dye sensitizer: Density functional theory study on the electronic absorption spectra of organoimido-substituted hexamolybdates

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2245-2251

  Wang, Jing ^a   Cong, Sha ^a   Wen, Shizheng ^a   Yan, Likai ^a   Su, Zhongmin ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CONJUGATED BRIDGES; DYE SENSITIZERS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION SPECTRA; HEXAMOLYBDATES; LIGHT-HARVESTING; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID; P-TYPE; RATIONAL DESIGN; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; VISIBLE REGION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84873456458     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp3106452     Document Type: Article

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