Impact of spin-orbit coupling on photocurrent generation in ruthenium dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 375-380

  Fantacci, Simona ^a   Ronca, Enrico ^a,b   De Angelis, Filippo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; panchromatic dyes; relativistic effects; time dependent DFT (TDDFT)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS; SPECTRAL BROADENING; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; TIME-DEPENDENT DFT;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84892687304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz402544r     Document Type: Article

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