Efficient panchromatic light harvesting with Co-sensitization of zinc phthalocyanine and bithiophene-based organic dye for dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 718-725

  Yu, Lijuan ^a   Fan, Ke ^a   Duan, Tainan ^a   Chen, Xingguo ^a   Li, Renjie ^a   Peng, Tianyou ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Co sensitization; dye; Dye sensitized solar cell; Spectral responseD

Indexed keywords

DYEING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CO-SENSITIZATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SPECTRAL RESPONSE FEATURES; SPECTRAL RESPONSED; ZINC PHTHALOCYANINES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84897969873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc400532g     Document Type: Article

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