Near-infrared absorbing squaraine dye with extended π conjugation for dye-sensitized solar cells

Renewable Energy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 672-678

  Magistris, Claudio ^a   Martiniani, Stefano ^b   Barbero, Nadia ^a   Park, Jinhyung ^a   Benzi, Caterina ^a   Anderson, Assaf ^b   Law, ChunHung ^b   Barolo, Claudia ^a   O'Regan, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DFT calculation; Dye sensitized solar cell; Near infrared; NIR squaraine

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CALCULATIONS; DFT CALCULATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HETEROCYCLIC COMPONENTS; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR INFRARED REGION; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SQUARAINES;

INFRARED DEVICES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION; DYE; IMMOBILIZATION; SOLAR POWER; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

EID: 84880376603     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.06.018     Document Type: Article

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