Impact of molecular charge-transfer states on photocurrent generation in solid state dye-sensitized solar cells employing low-band-gap dyes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16825-16830

  Raavi, Sai Santosh Kumar ^a,d   Docampo, Pablo ^b   Wehrenfennig, Christian ^b   Alcocer, Marcelo J P ^a,c   Sadoughi, Golnaz ^b   Herz, Laura M ^b   Snaith, Henry J ^b   Petrozza, Annamaria ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY GAP; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE GENERATION; CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ORGANIC INTERFACES; ORGANIC MOLECULES; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; WINNING STRATEGY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84905457049     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5000667     Document Type: Article

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