Predicting energy conversion efficiency of dye solar cells from first principles

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16447-16457

  Ma, Wei ^a,b   Jiao, Yang ^a,b   Meng, Sheng ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROLYTES; FORECASTING; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTONS; REDOX REACTIONS;

DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; ELECTRONIC DYNAMICS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES SIMULATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84902243688     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410982e     Document Type: Article

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