Synthesis and photovoltaic performance of dihydrodibenzoazepine-based sensitizers with additional lateral anchor

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1072-1081

  Zang, Xu Feng ^a   Xu, Yang Fan ^b   Iqbal, Zafar ^a   Huang, Zu Sheng ^a   Kuang, Dai Bin ^b   Wang, Lingyun ^a   Meier, Herbert ^c   Li, Ying ^d   Cao, Derong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anchoring group; Dihydro 5H dibenzo b,f azepine; Dye loading; Dye sensitized solar cells; Photophysical properties; Photovoltaic performance

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING GROUPS; DIHYDRO-5H-DIBENZO[B,F]AZEPINE; DYE LOADING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

LOADING;

EID: 84883868202     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2013.08.023     Document Type: Article

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