Molecular orbital engineering of a panchromatic cyclometalated Ru(II) dye for p-type dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16518-16525

  He, Mingfu ^a   Ji, Zhiqiang ^a,b   Huang, Zhongjie ^a   Wu, Yiying ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; DYES; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS;

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; CONJUGATED SYSTEMS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; GEMINATE RECOMBINATION; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; METAL-TO-LIGAND CHARGE TRANSFER; MOLAR EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84905443568     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4117694     Document Type: Article

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