Effect of a pi-bridging unit in triphenylamine-benzothiadiazole based donor acceptor chromophores for dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 147, Issue , 2014, Pages 617-625

  Yigit, Mesude Zeliha ^a   Bilgili, Hakan ^b   Sefer, Emre ^c   Demic, Serafettin ^a   Zafer, Ceylan ^b   Can, Mustafa ^a   Koyuncu, Sermet ^c  

^a IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

donor acceptor dyes bridge effect dye sensitized solar cells

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROLYTES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IONIC LIQUIDS; RED SHIFT; THIOPHENE;

BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; BRIDGE EFFECTS; ELECTRON-DONATING; IONIC-LIQUID BASED ELECTROLYTES; METAL-FREE SENSITIZERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; UV-VIS ABSORPTIONS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84908063170     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.09.138     Document Type: Article

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