Natural chlorophyll-related porphyrins and chlorins for dye-sensitized solar cells

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4484-4497

  Wang, Xiao Feng ^a   Kitao, Osamu ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Chlorin; Dye sensitized solar cell; Organic photovoltaics; Photosynthesis; Porphyrin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961978372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17044484     Document Type: Article

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