Rational design of triphenylamine dyes for highly efficient p-type dye sensitized solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-104

  Zhu, Linna ^a   Yang, Hong Bin ^b   Zhong, Cheng ^c   Li, Chang Ming ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Charge recombination; Dye sensitized solar cell; NiO; Power conversion efficiency; Thiophene; Triphenylamine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894808602     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2014.01.024     Document Type: Article

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