Insights into aggregation effects on optical property and electronic coupling of organic dyes in dye sensitized solar cells

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 273, Issue , 2015, Pages 282-289

  Feng, Shuai ^a,b   Li, Quan Song ^a   Yang, Li Na ^a   Sun, Zhu Zhu ^a   Niehaus, Thomas A ^c   Li, Ze Sheng ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TAISHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation effects; Dye sensitized solar cell; Electronic coupling; Optical spectrum; Organic dye

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; OPTICAL SPECTRA; ORGANIC DYE;

EID: 84907764719     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.09.070     Document Type: Article

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