Efficiency of interfacial electron transfer from Zn-porphyrin dyes into TiO2 correlated to the linker single molecule conductance

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 24462-24470

  Negre, Christian F A ^a   Milot, Rebecca L ^a   Martini, Lauren A ^a   Ding, Wendu ^a   Crabtree, Robert H ^a   Schmuttenmaer, Charles A ^a   Batista, Victor S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; INJECTION EFFICIENCY; INTERFACIAL ELECTRON TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CONDUCTANCE; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRONS; SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES; SINGLE MOLECULE CONDUCTANCE; SINGLE-MOLECULE CONDUCTANCES;

CHROMOPHORES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON INJECTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; PORPHYRINS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84888582573     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408738b     Document Type: Article

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