Efficient dye-sensitized solar cells based on cosensitized metal free organic dyes with complementary absorption spectra

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Sharma, G D ^a   Prakash Singh, Surya ^b   Nagarjuna, P ^b   Mikroyannidis, J A ^c   Ball, R J ^d   Kurchania, Rajnish ^e  

^a R and D Center for Engineering and Science JEC Group of Colleges Jaipur Engineering College Campus   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^e MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; DYE AGGREGATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; METAL FREE ORGANIC DYES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

SOLAR CELLS;

DICHLOROACETIC ACID;

EID: 84884175101     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4811797     Document Type: Article

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