Co-sensitization of amphiphilic ruthenium (II) sensitizer with a metal free organic dye: Improved photovoltaic performance of dye sensitized solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1237-1241

  Singh, Surya Prakash ^a   Chandrasekharam, M ^a   Gupta, Kankatala S V ^a   Islam, Ashraful ^b   Han, Liyuan ^b   Sharma, G D ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Jaipur Engineering College   (India)

Author keywords

Co sensitization; Dye sensitized solar cell; Efficiency; Metal free dye; Ru dye

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

AMPHIPHILICS; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CO-SENSITIZATION; DYE AGGREGATION; METAL-FREE DYES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RUTHENIUM SENSITIZERS;

RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84875335052     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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