Effect of isomerism and chain length on electronic structure, photophysics, and sensitizer efficiency in quadrupolar (donor)2-acceptor systems for application in dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 5221-5227

  Richard, Coralie A ^a   Pan, Zhenxing ^b   Hsu, Hsien Yi ^b   Cekli, Seda ^b   Schanze, Kirk S ^b   Reynolds, John R ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

donor acceptor interactions; dye sensitized solar cells; photovoltaic; thiophene oligomeric dyes

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ISOMERS; OLIGOMERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THIOPHENE;

DONOR-ACCEPTOR INTERACTION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; NONRADIATIVE DECAYS; OPERATIONAL DESIGN; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; QUADRUPOLAR STRUCTURES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84898473792     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500535k     Document Type: Article

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