Stepwise co-sensitization as a useful tool for enhancement of power conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells: The case of an unsymmetrical porphyrin dyad and a metal-free organic dye

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1324-1337

  Sharma, G D ^a   Zervaki, G E ^b   Angaridis, P A ^b   Vatikioti, A ^b   Gupta, K S V ^c   Gayathri, T ^c   Nagarjuna, P ^c   Singh, Surya Prakash ^c   Chandrasekharam, M ^c   Banthiya, Ajita ^c   Bhanuprakash, K ^c   Petrou, A ^b   Coutsolelos, A G ^b  

^a JEC Group of Colleges   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Co sensitization; Dye sensitized solar cells; Power conversion efficiency

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FORMIC ACID; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; OXIDE MINERALS; PORPHYRINS; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CO-SENSITIZATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; FRONTIER ORBITAL ENERGIES; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PARAMETERS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SPECTRAL ABSORPTION FEATURES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84899012893     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.03.033     Document Type: Article

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