Ultrafast twisting of the indoline donor unit utilized in solar cell dyes: Experimental and theoretical studies

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2249-2259

  El Zohry, Ahmed M ^a   Roca Sanjuán, Daniel ^b   Zietz, Burkhard ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; ETHYLENE; EXCITED STATES; GROUND STATE; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SOLAR CELLS;

CONICAL INTERSECTION; DEACTIVATION CHANNEL; DEACTIVATION PROCESS; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MULTIREFERENCE SECOND ORDER PERTURBATION THEORIES; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84949119582     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp505649s     Document Type: Article

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