Benzo[a]carbazole-based donor-π-acceptor type organic dyes for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 9015-9022

  Qian, Xing ^a   Zhu, Yi Zhou ^a   Chang, Wen Ying ^a   Song, Jian ^b   Pan, Bin ^a   Lu, Lin ^a   Gao, Huan Huan ^a   Zheng, Jian Yu ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

benzo a carbazole; conjugated linkers; dye sensitized solar cells; intramolecular charge transfer; organic dyes

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOLAR CELLS;

BENZO[ A ]CARBAZOLE; CONJUGATED LINKERS; INTRA-MOLECULAR CHARGE TRANSFER; METAL FREE ORGANIC DYES; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84928986025     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am508400a     Document Type: Article

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