Electrodeposited ZnO with squaraine sentisizers as photoactive anode of DSCs

Materials Research Express

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Venditti, Iole ^a   Barbero, Nadia ^b   Russo, Maria Vittoria ^a   Di Carlo, Aldo ^c   Decker, Franco ^a   Fratoddi, Ilaria ^a   Barolo, Claudia ^b   Dini, Danilo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DSC; Electrodeposition; N719; Squaraine; ZnO

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; DYES; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON INJECTION; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR; EFFECTIVE ELECTRONS; ELECTRICAL PASSIVATION; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; MOLAR EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; N719; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; SQUARAINES;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84904279495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20531591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/1/1/015040     Document Type: Article

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