Metal-Free Tetrathienoacene (TTA) Sensitizers for High-Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Zhou, Nanjia; Prabakaran, Kumaresan; Lee, Byunghong; Chang, Sheng Hsiung; Harutyunyan, Boris; Guo, Peijun; Butler, Melanie R.; Timalsina, Amod; Bedzyk, Michael J.; Ratner, Mark A.; Vegiraju, Sureshraju; Yau, Shuehlin; Wu, Chun-Guey; Chang, Robert P. H.; Facchetti, Antonio; Chen, Ming-Chou; Marks, Tobin J.

doi:10.1021/ja513254z

Title: Metal-Free Tetrathienoacene (TTA) Sensitizers for High-Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Journal Article · Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja513254z· OSTI ID:1210446

Zhou, Nanjia; Prabakaran, Kumaresan; Lee, Byunghong; Chang, Sheng Hsiung; Harutyunyan, Boris; Guo, Peijun; Butler, Melanie R.; Timalsina, Amod; Bedzyk, Michael J.; Ratner, Mark A.; Vegiraju, Sureshraju; Yau, Shuehlin; Wu, Chun-Guey; Chang, Robert P. H.; Facchetti, Antonio; Chen, Ming-Chou; Marks, Tobin J.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001059

OSTI ID:: 1210446

Journal Information:: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Related Information: ANSER partners with Northwestern University (lead); Argonne National Laboratory; University of Chicago; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yale University

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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