Biindole-based double D-π-A branched organic dyes for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

RSC Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 4368-4375

  Qian, Xing ^a   Gao, Huan Huan ^a   Zhu, Yi Zhou ^a   Lu, Lin ^a   Zheng, Jian Yu ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS;

CONJUGATED LINKERS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; PHOTOPHYSICAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SHAPED STRUCTURES; SOLAR IRRADIATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84919690317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra12888e     Document Type: Article

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