Organic dyes containing 2-(1,1-dicyanomethylene)rhodanine as an efficient electron acceptor and anchoring unit for dye-sensitized solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-14

  Echeverry, Carlos Alberto ^a   Insuasty, Alberto ^b   Herranz, María Ángeles ^b   Ortíz, Alejandro ^a   Cotta, Robert ^c   Dhas, Vivek ^c   Echegoyen, Luis ^c   Insuasty, Braulio ^a   Martín, Nazario ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anchoring unit; Dyes; Electron acceptor; Rhodanine; Solar cells; Triphenylamine

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING UNIT; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; RHODANINE; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; TRIPHENYL AMINES;

DYEING; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84898071106     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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