Influence of acetylene-linked π-spacers on triphenylamine-fluorene dye sensitized solar cells performance

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-68

  Tigreros, Alexis ^a   Dhas, Vivek ^b   Ortiz, Alejandro ^a   Insuasty, Braulio ^a   Martín, Nazario ^c   Echegoyen, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylene linkage; Dye sensitized solar cells; Ethynilfluorene

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING GROUPS; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ETHYNILFLUORENE; PHOTOCONVERSION; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; TRIPHENYLAMINES;

BRIDGES; LIGHTING; SOLAR CELLS;

ACETYLENE;

EID: 84888342296     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.10.035     Document Type: Article

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