New triphenylamine-based sensitizers bearing double anchor units for dye-sensitized solar cells

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1144-1151

  Shi, Jie ^a,b   Chai, Zhaofei ^a   Tang, Runli ^a   Hua, Jianli ^c   Li, Qianqian ^a   Li, Zhen ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

double anchoring units; dye sensitized solar cells; organic sensitizers; triphenylamine

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELLS; THIOPHENE;

DOUBLE ANCHORING UNITS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; LIGHT-HARVESTING; ORGANIC SENSITIZERS; TRIPHENYL AMINES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84938091287     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-015-5411-0     Document Type: Article

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