Theoretical studies on organoimido-substituted hexamolybdates dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC)

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 440-446

  Wang, Jing ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Ma, Na Na ^a   Yan, Li Kai ^a   Su, Zhong Min ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

conjugated bridges; Absorption spectrum; Density functional theory; IPCE; Organic inorganic hybrids; Polyoxometalates

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED BRIDGES; CONJUGATION LENGTH; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; INJECTION EFFICIENCY; IPCE; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID; POLYOXOMETALATES; TIME-DEPENDENT DFT;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84879803114     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2013.05.027     Document Type: Article

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