Alignment of the dye's molecular levels with the TiO2 band edges in dye-sensitized solar cells: A DFT-TDDFT study

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 42, 2008, Pages

  De Angelis, Filippo ^a   Fantacci, Simona ^a   Selloni, Annabella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

ANATASE NANO PARTICLES; APPROXIMATE PROCEDURES; B3LYP FUNCTIONAL; BAND EDGES; CONDUCTION BAND EDGES; CONTINUUM MODELS; DYE SENSITIZERS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; INTERACTING NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NANOPARTICLE SYSTEMS; OXIDATION POTENTIALS; PREDICTIVE TOOLS; VERTICAL EXCITATION ENERGIES; WATER SOLUTIONS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

DYE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; RUTHENIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ENERGY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84961977844     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/42/424002     Document Type: Article

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