Impact of hydroxy and octyloxy substituents of phenothiazine based dyes on the photovoltaic performance

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 299-307

  Iqbal, Zafar ^a,c   Wu, Wu Qiang ^b   Zhang, Hai ^a   Hua, Peng Li ^a   Fang, Xiaoming ^a   Kuang, Dai Bin ^b   Wang, Lingyun ^a   Meier, Herbert ^d   Cao, Derong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancillary anchoring unit; Dye sensitized solar cells; Open circuit photovoltage; Organic dye; Phenothiazine; Photovoltaic performance

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY ANCHORING UNIT; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; ORGANIC DYE; PHENOTHIAZINE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE;

ELECTRONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS;

INSECTICIDES;

EID: 84879479355     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2013.05.032     Document Type: Article

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