Effect of different numbers of -CH2- units on the performance of isoquinolinium dyes

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3907-3914

  Zhao, Jianghua ^a   Yang, Xichuan ^a   Hao, Yan ^c   Cheng, Ming ^a   Tian, Jie ^a   Sun, Licheng ^a,b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

anchoring group; cationic dyes; dye sensitized solar cells; energy conversion; isoquinolinium dye; transient absorption

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

ANCHORING GROUPS; CATIONIC DYES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; TRIPHENYL AMINES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84896947073     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am405014f     Document Type: Article

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