An unusual thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole sensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 30, 2013, Pages 3944-3948

  Zani, Lorenzo ^a   Reginato, Gianna ^b   Mordini, Alessandro ^b   Calamante, Massimo ^b   Peruzzini, Maurizio ^b   Taddei, Maurizio ^b,c   Sinicropi, Adalgisa ^c   Parisi, Maria Laura ^c   Fabrizi De Biani, Fabrizia ^c   Basosi, Riccardo ^c   Cavallaro, Alessandro ^d   Bruzzi, Mara ^d  

^a Istituto Per La Sintesi Organica E La Fotoreattività   (Italy)

^b ICCOM CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

DFT calculations; Dye sensitized solar cells; J V measurements; Organic dye; Thiazole

Indexed keywords

DYE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLO[5,4 D]THIAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANODEVICE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84879422418     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: 18733581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.05.059     Document Type: Article

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