Molecular engineering of a fluorene donor for dye-sensitized solar cells

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2733-2739

  Yella, Aswani ^a   Humphry Baker, Robin ^a   Curchod, Basile F E ^a   Ashari Astani, Negar ^a   Teuscher, Joël ^a   Polander, Lauren E ^a   Mathew, Simon ^a   Moser, Jacques E ^a   Tavernelli, Ivano ^a   Rothlisberger, Ursula ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a   Nazeeruddin, Md Khaja ^a   Frey, Julien ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cobalt electrolyte; D A; solar cells; structure property relationship

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESS; MOLECULAR ENGINEERING; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; REGENERATION EFFICIENCY; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

COBALT; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84880027927     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm401593b     Document Type: Article

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