Theoretical characterization of ruthenium complexes containing functionalized bithiophene ligands for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 696, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1632-1639

  Lu, Xiaoqing ^a   Wei, Shuxian ^b   Lawrence Wu, Chi Man ^a   Guo, Wenyue ^b   Zhao, Lianming ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Absorption spectrum; DFT TD DFT; Dye sensitized solar cell; Electronic structure; Ruthenium sensitizer

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL BONDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY CONVERSION; GASES; ION EXCHANGE; LIGANDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; BIPYRIDINES; BITHIOPHENES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DFT/TD-DFT; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FRONTIER ORBITAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONALIZED; GASPHASE; KEY ISSUES; LIGHT-ABSORBING DYE; LONE PAIR; METAL-TO-LIGAND CHARGE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR GEOMETRIES; OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; ORBITALS; RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES; RUTHENIUM SENSITIZER; ULTRAVIOLET REGION; VISIBLE REGION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84961974179     PISSN: 0022328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2011.01.030     Document Type: Article

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