Alkyl-thiophene Functionalized D-π-A Porphyrins for Mesoscopic Solar Cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 179, Issue , 2015, Pages 187-196

  Lu, Jianfeng ^a   Liu, Shuangshuang ^a   Shen, Yan ^a   Xu, Jie ^b   Cheng, Yibing ^a,c   Wang, Mingkui ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Donor Acceptor; Porphyrin; Solar cell; thiophene

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; PORPHYRINS; THIOPHENE;

DONOR ACCEPTORS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; OXIDATION POTENTIALS; PORPHYRIN CHROMOPHORES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REDOX ELECTROLYTES; SUNLIGHT IRRADIATION; TRANSIENT PHOTOVOLTAGE DECAY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84943452778     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.02.194     Document Type: Article

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