Complete photodynamics of the efficient YD2-o-C8-based solar cell

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 51, 2014, Pages 29674-29687

  Piatkowski, Piotr ^a   Martin, Cristina ^a   Di Nunzio, Maria Rosaria ^a   Cohen, Boiko ^a   Pandey, Shyam ^b   Hayse, Shuzi ^b   Douhal, Abderrazzak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; DYES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON INJECTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; MOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES; PORPHYRINS; POSITIVE IONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

BACK ELECTRON TRANSFER; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE; INJECTION EFFICIENCY; NONRADIATIVE PROCESS; TIME RESOLVED TECHNIQUE; VIBRATIONAL ENERGY TRANSFER;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84949117430     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp510761z     Document Type: Article

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