New sensitizers bearing quinoxaline moieties as an auxiliary acceptor for dye-sensitized solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 405-413

  Shi, Jie ^a   Chai, Zhaofei ^a   Su, Jiao ^a   Chen, Junnian ^a   Tang, Runli ^a   Fan, Ke ^a   Zhang, Lingling ^b   Han, Hongwei ^b   Qin, Jingui ^a   Peng, Tianyou ^a   Li, Qianqian ^a   Li, Zhen ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Auxiliary acceptor; Dye sensitized solar cells; Power conversion efficiency; Quinoxaline; Sensitizers; Triphenylamine

Indexed keywords

AUXILIARY ACCEPTOR; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUINOXALINES; SENSITIZERS; TRIPHENYL AMINES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; THIOPHENE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84879039387     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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