Dye-anchoring functional groups on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells: Comparison between alkoxysilyl and carboxyl groups

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 28425-28434

  Matta, Sri Kasi ^a   Kakiage, Kenji ^c   Makuta, Satoshi ^a   Veamatahau, Aisea ^a   Aoyama, Yohei ^c   Yano, Toru ^c   Hanaya, Minoru ^b   Tachibana, Yasuhiro ^a,d  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ADEKA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHROMOPHORES; CONDUCTION BANDS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AZOBENZENE DYES; CHARGE RECOMBINATION KINETICS; CHARGE RECOMBINATION REACTIONS; CHARGE-TRANSFER RATE; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84949116658     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5088338     Document Type: Article

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