Tuning the HOMO and LUMO energy levels of organic dyes with N-carboxomethylpyridinium as acceptor to optimize the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 9076-9083

  Cheng, Ming ^a   Yang, Xichuan ^a   Zhang, Fuguo ^a   Zhao, Jianghua ^a   Sun, Licheng ^a,b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON-CARBON DOUBLE BONDS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRON-DONATING ABILITY; HOMO AND LUMO ENERGIES; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; NORMAL HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

ADSORPTION; AGGLOMERATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUNING;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84877701286     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp311378b     Document Type: Article

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