Complementary co-sensitization of an aggregating squaraine dye in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1101-1106

  Gräf, Katja ^a   Rahim, Moochikkadavath A ^b   Das, Suresh ^b   Thelakkat, Mukundan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Co sensitization; Solar cell; Solid state dye sensitized solar cell; Squaraine; Triphenyldiamine

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOURS; CO-SENSITIZATION; CURRENT GENERATION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SQUARAINES; TRIPHENYLDIAMINE; UV/ VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMISORPTION;

EID: 84884175796     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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