Concentration and solvent effects on the excited state dynamics of the solar cell dye D149: The special role of protons

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 6544-6553

  El Zohry, Ahmed M ^a   Zietz, Burkhard ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXCITED STATE LIFETIMES; EXCITED-STATE PROTON TRANSFER; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; THERMALLY ACTIVATED PROCESS;

EXCITED STATES; HYDROGEN BONDS; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; PROTON TRANSFER; QUENCHING; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 84875835703     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp400782g     Document Type: Article

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