Linker unit modification of triphenylamine-based organic dyes for efficient cobalt mediated dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 21029-21036

  Ellis, Hanna ^a   Eriksson, Susanna K ^a   Feldt, Sandra M ^a   Gabrielsson, Erik ^b   Lohse, Peter W ^a   Lindblad, Rebecka ^c   Sun, Licheng ^b   Rensmo, Håkan ^c   Boschloo, Gerrit ^a   Hagfeldt, Anders ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED LINKERS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SURFACE COVERAGES; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

COBALT; ELECTROLYTES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84886008066     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp403619c     Document Type: Article

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