Sterically demanded unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanines for dye-sensitized solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 518-529

  Giribabu, Lingamallu ^a   Singh, Varun Kumar ^a   Jella, Tejaswi ^a   Soujanya, Yarasi ^a   Amat, Anna ^b,c   De Angelis, Filippo ^a   Yella, Aswani ^d   Gao, Peng ^d   Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Absorption; Dye sensitized solar cells; Phthalocyanine; Redox electrolyte; Spectroelectrochemistry; Unsymmetrical

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESS; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHTHALOCYANINE; REDOX ELECTROLYTES; SPECTROELECTROCHEMICAL STUDY; UNSYMMETRICAL; UNSYMMETRICAL PHTHALOCYANINES;

ABSORPTION; ELECTROLYTES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; REDOX REACTIONS; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; ZINC;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84877015548     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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