The effects of various anchoring groups on optical and electronic properties of dyes in dye-sensitized solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-35

  Yang, Li Na ^a   Sun, Zhu Zhu ^a   Chen, Shi Lu ^a   Li, Ze Sheng ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Absorption spectrum; Anchoring group; Density functional theory; Dye sensitized solar cell; Lifetime; Organic dye

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BEHAVIORS; ABSORPTION PROPERTY; ANCHORING GROUPS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FIRST EXCITED STATE; LIFETIME; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ORGANIC DYE;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84877652813     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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