DFT/TD-DFT studies on structural and spectroscopic properties of metalloporphyrin complexes: A design of ruthenium porphyrin photosensitizer

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 1019, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-100

  Zhang, Ming Jing ^a   Guo, Yuan Ru ^b   Fang, Gui Zhen ^b   Pan, Qing Jiang ^a  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; DSSCs; Metalloporphyrin; Ruthenium sensitizer; TD DFT calculation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881235129     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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