Correlating multichannel charge transfer dynamics with tilt angles of organic donor-acceptor dyes anchored on titania

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16441-16446

  Wang, Yinglin ^a   Yang, Lin ^a   Xu, Mingfei ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Cai, Yanchun ^a   Li, Renzhi ^a   Wang, Peng ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; DYNAMICS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BRANCHED SIDE CHAINS; CHARGE-TRANSFER DYNAMICS; CHARGE-TRANSFER REACTIONS; DONOR-ACCEPTOR DYES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; INTERFACIAL MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; X-RAY REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENTS;

CHARGE TRANSFER;

EID: 84905493011     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410929g     Document Type: Article

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