Spectroscopy and dynamics of YD2-o-C8 in solution and interacting with alumina nanoparticles electrode

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 11365-11376

  Di Nunzio, Maria Rosaria ^a   Cohen, Boiko ^a   Pandey, Shyam ^b   Hayse, Shuzi ^b   Piani, Giovanni ^a   Douhal, Abderrazzak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; PORPHYRINS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ABSORPTION AND EMISSION SPECTRA; ALUMINA NANOPARTICLE; BIEXPONENTIAL BEHAVIORS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; MOLECULAR POPULATION; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT; VIBRATIONAL COOLING;

ALUMINA;

EID: 84901771500     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp503449q     Document Type: Article

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