Molecular engineering of 2-quinolinone based anchoring groups for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16896-16903

  Ganesan, Paramaguru ^a,b   Chandiran, Aravindkumar ^a   Gao, Peng ^a   Rajalingam, Renganathan ^b   Grätzel, Michael ^a   Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR ENGINEERING; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSIENT PHOTOVOLTAGE DECAY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84905438296     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5004352     Document Type: Article

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