Impact of the anchoring ligand on electron injection and recombination dynamics at the interface of novel asymmetric push-pull zinc phthalocyanines and TiO2

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 25397-25404

  Sharma, Divya ^a   Steen, Gerwin ^a   Korterik, Jeroen P ^a   García Iglesias, Miguel ^b   Vázquez, Purificacion ^b   Torres, Tomás ^b,c   Herek, Jennifer L ^a   Huijser, Annemarie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK ELECTRON TRANSFER; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS; TIO; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; ULTRA-FAST; ZINC PHTHALOCYANINES;

ELECTRON INJECTION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

LIGANDS;

EID: 84890370752     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410080a     Document Type: Article

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