Advances in the light conversion properties of Cu(I)-based photosensitizers

Polyhedron

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-70

  Lazorski, Megan S ^a   Castellano, Felix N ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cu(I) MLCT excited states; Energy transfer; Excited state electron transfer; Inorganic photophysics; Solar energy conversion

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXCITED STATES; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION;

CU(I) MLCT EXCITED STATE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENERGY-TRANSFER; EXCITED STATE ELECTRON TRANSFER; EXCITED-STATES; INORGANIC PHOTOPHYSIC; INORGANICS; MLCT EXCITED STATE; PHOTOPHYSICS; SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSIONS;

ENERGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84907906041     PISSN: 02775387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2014.04.060     Document Type: Article

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