Near-infrared absorbing isoindigo sensitizers: Synthesis and performance for dye-sensitized solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 327-334

  Wang, Dan ^a   Ying, Weijiang ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyu ^a   Hu, Yue ^a   Wu, Wenjun ^a   Hua, Jianli ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Indoline; Isoindigo; Near infrared absorption; Sensitizers; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; INFRARED ABSORPTION; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; INDOLINE; ISOINDIGO; NEAR-INFRARED ABSORPTION; SENSITIZERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84907378097     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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