A near-infrared dithieno[2,3-a:3′,2′-c]phenazine-based organic Co-sensitizer for highly efficient and stable quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 19308-19317

  Lu, Xuefeng ^a   Lan, Tian ^a   Qin, Zhenwen ^a   Wang, Zhong Sheng ^a   Zhou, Gang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cosensitizer; dye sensitized solar cells; near infrared; phenazine; quasi solid state

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INFRARED DEVICES; MOLAR RATIO; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

COSENSITIZER; HIGHEST ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; INTRAMOLECULAR CHARGE TRANSFERS; NEAR INFRARED; PHENAZINE; QUASI-SOLID STATE; QUASI-SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84910156219     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am505153q     Document Type: Article

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