Quantum chemical study of the donor-bridge-acceptor triphenylamine based sensitizers

Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-66

  Irfan, Ahmad ^a   Jin, Ruifa ^b   Al Sehemi, Abdullah G ^a   Asiri, Abdullah M ^c  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Chifeng University   (China)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Electron injection; Highest occupied molecular orbitals; Light harvesting efficiency; Lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals; Recombination

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; RECOMBINATION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRON INJECTION;

2 CYANO 5 (4 (PHENYL(4 VINYLPHENYL)AMINO)PHENYL) PENTA 2,4 DIENOIC ACID; 2-CYANO-5-(4-(PHENYL(4-VINYLPHENYL)AMINO)PHENYL) PENTA-2,4-DIENOIC ACID; AMINE; COLORING AGENT; NITRILE; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY;

AMINES; COLORING AGENTS; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITRILES; PENTANOIC ACIDS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84875531472     PISSN: 13861425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2013.02.045     Document Type: Article

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