Dye self-association identified by intermolecular couplings between vibrational modes as revealed by infrared spectroscopy, and implications for electron injection

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5854-5861

  Laaser, Jennifer E ^a,c   Christianson, Jeffrey R ^a   Oudenhoven, Tracey A ^a   Joo, Yongho ^b   Gopalan, Padma ^b   Schmidt, J R ^a   Zanni, Martin T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBATE-ADSORBATE INTERACTION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; INTERMOLECULAR COUPLING; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; ORGANIC/INORGANIC INTERFACES; RELATIVE PEAK INTENSITY; TRANSITION DIPOLE STRENGTH; TWO-DIMENSIONAL INFRARED (2D IR);

ADSORBATES; AGGLOMERATION; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; BINDING ENERGY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON INJECTION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GEOMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84897903260     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412402v     Document Type: Article

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