Novel organic D-π-2A sensitizer for dye sensitized solar cells and its electron transfer kinetics on TiO2 surface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2041-2052

  Yu, Lihong ^a   Xi, Jingyu ^b   Chan, Hung Tat ^a   Su, Tao ^a   Antrobus, Lucy Jane ^a   Tong, Bin ^c   Dong, Yuping ^c   Chan, Wai Kin ^a   Phillips, David Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSFER KINETICS; ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESS; FEMTOSECONDS; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; INJECTION PROCESS; INTRA-MOLECULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER; INTRAMOLECULAR CHARGE TRANSFERS; ORGANIC DYE; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RUTHENIUM POLYPYRIDYL COMPLEXES; SEMI-CONDUCTING NANOPARTICLES; SIMULATED SOLAR LIGHT; TIO;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOEXCITATION; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 84873466713     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp3113182     Document Type: Article

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