D-π-A porphyrin employing an indoline donor group for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16504-16509

  Pellejà, Laia ^a   Kumar, Challuri Vijay ^a   Clifford, John N ^a   Palomares, Emilio ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA ICIQ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; PORPHYRINS;

CHARGE EXTRACTION; CO-SENSITIZATION; DEVICE PROPERTIES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON LIFETIME; LIGHT SOAKING; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; TRANSIENT PHOTOVOLTAGE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84901665420     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp411715n     Document Type: Article

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