Unsymmetrical squaraine dye containing dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d] pyrrole as a π-spacer: A potential photosensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 268, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-145

  Yang, Li Na ^a   Sun, Zhu Zhu ^a   Li, Quan Song ^a   Chen, Shi Lu ^a   Li, Ze Sheng ^a   Niehaus, Thomas A ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption spectrum; Charge transfer; Dye sensitized solar cell; Electron injection; Squaraine dye

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRON INJECTION; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

3 ,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE (EDOT); DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON-DEFICIENT; INJECTION MECHANISMS; SQUARAINE DYES; TIME-DEPENDENT DFT; VERTICAL DIPOLE MOMENTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84903304364     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.06.019     Document Type: Article

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