'Surfaces-as-ligands, surfaces-as-complexes' strategies for copper(I) dye-sensitized solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 154-165

  Schönhofer, Ewald ^a   Bozic Weber, Biljana ^a   Martin, Colin J ^a   Constable, Edwin C ^a   Housecroft, Catherine E ^a   Zampese, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Copper; DSSC; Ruthenium; Sensitizer; Surface as ligand; Surface functionalization

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; DYES; LIGANDS; RUTHENIUM; SOLAR CELLS;

AS-LIGANDS; ASSEMBLY APPROACH; DSSC; HOLE TRANSPORTING; MULTINUCLEAR COMPLEXES; SENSITIZER; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84922362053     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: 18733743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2014.12.022     Document Type: Article

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