Newly designed resorcinolate binding for Ru(II)- and Re(I)-polypyridyl complexes on oleic acid capped TiO2 in nonaqueous solvent: Prolonged charge separation and substantial thermalized 3MLCT injection

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3084-3092

  Banerjee, Tanmay ^a   Kaniyankandy, Sreejith ^b   Das, Amitava ^a   Ghosh, Hirendra Nath ^b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING GROUPS; BACK ELECTRON TRANSFER; BIEXPONENTIAL; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FEMTOSECONDS; HIGH DENSITY; INJECTED ELECTRONS; NON-AQUEOUS SOLVENTS; PUMP-PROBE; RE COMPLEX; RHENIUM COMPLEXES; RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; TIO; ULTRA-FAST;

OLEIC ACID; PHENOLS; RHENIUM; RHENIUM COMPOUNDS; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84873954715     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp310570n     Document Type: Article

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