Molecular engineering of simple phenothiazine-based dyes to modulate dye aggregation, charge recombination, and dye regeneration in highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 6300-6308

  Hua, Yong ^a   Chang, Shuai ^b   He, Jian ^b   Zhang, Caishun ^c   Zhao, Jianzhang ^c   Chen, Tao ^b   Wong, Wai Yeung ^a,c   Wong, Wai Kwok ^a   Zhu, Xunjin ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

aggregation; charge recombination; dyes pigments; phenothiazine; solar cells

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIMERS; DISPLAY DEVICES; INSECTICIDES; MIXTURES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; THIOPHENE;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; DYES/PIGMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTHIAZINE; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84900828575     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201304897     Document Type: Article

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