Different Effect of the Additional Electron-Withdrawing Cyano Group in Different Conjugation Bridge: The Adjusted Molecular Energy Levels and Largely Improved Photovoltaic Performance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 12134-12140

  Li, Huiyang ^a   Fang, Manman ^a   Hou, Yingqin ^a   Tang, Runli ^a   Yang, Yizhou ^a   Zhong, Cheng ^a   Li, Qianqian ^a   Li, Zhen ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cyano group; dye sensitized solar cell; organic sensitizer; pyrrole; the structure property relationship

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

CYANO GROUPS; EFFICIENT ELECTRON INJECTION; MOLECULAR ENERGY LEVELS; ORGANIC SENSITIZER; PHOTO-ELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PYRROLE; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84971318108     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b00226     Document Type: Article

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