Density functional theory study on dye-sensitized solar cells using oxadiazole-based dyes

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mehmood, Umer ^a   Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A ^a   Harrabi, Khalil ^a   Reddy, Belum V S ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

density functional theory; free energy; light harvesting efficiency; oxadiazole

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FREE ENERGY; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE TRANSPORT PROCESS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDIES; INJECTION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-HARVESTING; OXADIAZOLES; THERMODYNAMIC ASPECTS; TIME-DEPENDENT DFT;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84924149555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JPE.5.053097     Document Type: Article

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