All-organic chromophores for dye-sensitized solar cells: A theoretical study on aggregation

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 203-211

  Etienne, Thibaud ^a,b,c   Chbibi, Laurent ^a,b   Michaux, Catherine ^c   Perpète, Eric A ^c   Assfeld, Xavier ^a,b   Monari, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dye aggregation; Dye sensitized solar cells; Excited states; Exciton coupling; Organic dimers; TDDFT

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION CORRECTION; DYE AGGREGATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; EXCITON COUPLING; GROUND STATE PROPERTIES; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER; TDDFT; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

CHROMOPHORES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXCITED STATES; EXCITONS; MONOMERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

DIMERS;

EID: 84886035875     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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