Molecular engineering of carbazole-fluorene sensitizers for high open-circuit voltage DSSCs: Synthesis and performance comparison with iodine and cobalt electrolytes

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 76-87

  Massin, Julien ^a,b   Ducasse, Laurent ^a,b   Abbas, Mamatimin ^a,c   Hirsch, Lionel ^a,c   Toupance, Thierry ^a,b   Olivier, Céline ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Carbazole; Cobalt complex; DFT calculations; Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrolyte; Organic dyes

Indexed keywords

CELL ENGINEERING; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTROLYTES; IODINE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOLAR CELLS; THICK FILM DEVICES; THIN FILM DEVICES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBAZOLE; COBALT COMPLEXES; DFT CALCULATION; MOLECULAR ENGINEERING; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ORGANIC DYE; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84925626034     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: 18733743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2015.02.020     Document Type: Article

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