The beneficial effects of trifluoromethylsubstituents on the photoconversion efficiency of copper(I) dyes in dye-sensitized solar cells

RSC Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 72, 2015, Pages 58694-58703

  Brunner, Fabian ^a   Klein, Y Maximilian ^a   Keller, Sarah ^a   Morris, Collin D ^a   Prescimone, Alessandro ^a   Constable, Edwin C ^a   Housecroft, Catherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EFFICIENCY; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLAR CELLS;

ANCILLARY LIGANDS; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRON-WITHDRAWING EFFECTS; OXIDATION POTENTIALS; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SOLID-STATE ABSORPTION; SPECTROSCOPIC DATA; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85015258680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5ra09590e     Document Type: Article

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