Selenorhodamine Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Influence of Structure and Surface-Anchoring Mode on Aggregation, Persistence, and Photoelectrochemical Performance

Langmuir

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1521-1532

  Kryman, Mark W ^a   Nasca, Justin N ^a   Watson, David F ^a   Detty, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; DYES; EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MONOCHROMATIC ILLUMINATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SPECTRAL BROADENING; SURFACE-ANCHORING;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84958818656     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b04275     Document Type: Article

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