Panchromatic light harvesting and hot electron injection by Ru(II) dipyrrinates on a TiO2 surface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 17399-17411

  Li, Guocan ^a   Hu, Ke ^b   Yi, Chongyue ^a   Knappenberger Jr , Kenneth L ^a   Meyer, Gerald J ^b   Gorelsky, Serge I ^c   Shatruk, Michael ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; METAL-TO-LIGAND CHARGE TRANSFER; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PREFERENTIAL LOCALIZATION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION;

BLEACHING; CLEANING; ELECTRON INJECTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; EXCITED STATES; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

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EID: 84883410538     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp404670z     Document Type: Article

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