Molecular engineering of indoline-based D-A-π-A organic sensitizers toward high efficiency performance from first-principles calculations

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 17382-17398

  Ding, Wei Lu ^a   Wang, Dong Mei ^a,b   Geng, Zhi Yuan ^a   Zhao, Xiao Ling ^a   Yan, Yun Feng ^a  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BAOJI UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION WAVELENGTHS; BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MOLECULAR ENGINEERING; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE;

CHROMOPHORES; SOLAR CELLS;

CALCULATIONS;

EID: 84883408146     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402645h     Document Type: Article

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