Organic dyes containing carbazole as donor and π-linker: Optical, electrochemical, and photovoltaic properties

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2528-2539

  Venkateswararao, A ^a   Thomas, K R Justin ^a   Lee, Chuan Pei ^b   Li, Chun Ting ^b   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

absorption; carbazole; dye sensitized solar cells; electrochemistry; organic dyes; TDDFT computations

Indexed keywords

CARBAZOLE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

ABSORPTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; THIOPHENE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 84896864011     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am404948w     Document Type: Article

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