Effect of different acceptors in di-anchoring triphenylamine dyes on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-6

  Wu, Guohua ^a   Kong, Fantai ^a   Zhang, Yaohong ^b   Zhang, Xianxi ^c   Li, Jingzhe ^a   Chen, Wangchao ^a   Zhang, Changneng ^a   Dai, Songyuan ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^b FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^c LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Di anchoring triphenylamine dye; Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Electron acceptor; Organic sensitizer; Photovoltaic performance

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; MOLAR EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; ORGANIC SENSITIZER; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; RHODANINE-3-ACETIC ACIDS; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; TRIPHENYL AMINES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84893315434     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2014.01.012     Document Type: Article

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