Ruthenium polypyridyl TG6 dye for the sensitization of nanoparticle and nanocrystallite spherical aggregate photoelectrodes

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1568-1577

  Hosni, M ^a,b   Kusumawati, Y ^a,c   Farhat, S ^b   Jouini, N ^b   Ivansyah, A L ^c   Martoprawiro, M A ^c   Pauporte Th ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; impedance spectroscopy; polyol process; TG6; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AGGREGATES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; DYES; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOCRYSTALLITES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; RUTHENIUM; SPECTROSCOPY; SPHERES; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTERNAL SURFACE AREA; POLYOL PROCESS; SPHERICAL AGGREGATES; TG6; ZNO;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84921742246     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5068645     Document Type: Article

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