Triazatruxene-based organic dyes containing a rhodanine-3-acetic acid acceptor for dye-sensitized solar cells

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 737-742

  Qian, Xing ^a   Lu, Lin ^a   Zhu, Yi Zhou ^a   Gao, Huan Huan ^a   Zheng, Jian Yu ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conjugated spacers; Dye sensitized solar cells; Efficient electron injection; Organic dyes; Rhodanine 3 acetic acid; Triazatruxene

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACETIC ACID; BENZENE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PH; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SOLAR CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CONJUGATED SPACERS; EFFICIENT ELECTRON INJECTION; ORGANIC DYE; RHODANINE-3-ACETIC ACIDS; TRIAZATRUXENE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84928992744     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: 18733743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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