Relating electron donor and carboxylic acid anchoring substitution effects in azo dyes to dye-sensitized solar cell performance

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1440-1452

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Cole, Jacqueline M ^a,b   Waddell, Paul G ^a,b   Low, Kian S ^a   Liu, Xiaogang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Azo dye; DFT; Dye sensitized solar cell; HOMO; Intramolecular hydrogen bond; LUMO; Optoelectronic material; TDDFT

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDROGEN BONDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DFT; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HOMO; INTRA-MOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDS; LUMO; OPTO-ELECTRONIC MATERIALS; TDDFT;

AZO DYES;

EID: 84962426609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc400183t     Document Type: Article

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