Quantum chemical designing of efficient sensitizers for dye sensitized solar cells

Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2093-2098

  Abdullah, Muhammad Imran ^a   Janjua, Muhammad Ramzan Saeed Ashraf ^b   Mahmood, Asif ^b   Ali, Sajid ^c   Ali, Muhammad ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FAISALABAD   (Pakistan)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Dye sensitized solar cells; Electron injection; Indigo; Light harvesting efficiency

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FREE ENERGY CHANGE; GROUND STATE GEOMETRY; HOMO-LUMO ENERGY GAP; INDIGO; LIGHT-HARVESTING; QUANTUM CHEMICAL; RECOMBINATION REACTIONS;

BENZENE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON INJECTION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SOLAR CELLS;

DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY;

EID: 84881437867     PISSN: 02532964     EISSN: 12295949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2013.34.7.2093     Document Type: Article

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