D-A-π-A organic sensitizers containing a benzothiazole moiety as an additional acceptor for use in solar cells

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 505-513

  Zeng, Juan ^a   Zhang, Tenglong ^b   Zang, Xufeng ^a   Kuang, Daibin ^b   Meier, Herbert ^c   Cao, Derong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

benzothiazole; D A A; dye sensitized solar cell; organic dye

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATIONS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; CONJUGATED LINKERS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON FLOW; MOLAR EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; ORGANIC DYE; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; THIOPHENE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84877822098     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-012-4758-8     Document Type: Article

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