Structural Effects of the Donor Moiety on Reduction Kinetics of Oxidized Dye in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3612-3618

  Ogawa, Jun Ichi ^a   Agrawal, Saurabh ^a   Koumura, Nagatoshi ^b   Mori, Shogo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYES; ELECTROLYTES; FREE ENERGY; OXIDATION; SOLAR CELLS;

COLLISION CROSS SECTIONS; CONJUGATED LINKERS; DESIGN STRATEGIES; ENERGY DIFFERENCES; FREE-ENERGY DIFFERENCE; REDUCTION KINETICS; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; STRUCTURAL EFFECT;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84959293580     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10432     Document Type: Article

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