Molecular engineering of phthalocyanine sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 17166-17170

  Ince, Mine ^a,b,c   Yum, Jun Ho ^a   Kim, Yongjoo ^a,e   Mathew, Simon ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a   Torres, Tomás ^b,d   Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

^e Dongjin Semichem Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; MICROCOMPUTERS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

CONJUGATED SYSTEMS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR MOIETIES; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MOLECULAR ENGINEERING; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; ZINC PHTHALOCYANINES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84905485455     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502447y     Document Type: Article

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