Carboxyethynyl anchoring ligands: a means to improving the efficiency of phthalocyanine-sensitized solar cells.

Keywords: conjugation ; electron transfer ; solar cells ; synthetic methods ; zinc ; Conversion Efficiency ; Porphyrin Sensitizers ; Tio2 ; Dyes Reference EPFL-ARTICLE-177266doi:10.1002/anie.201108963View record in Web of Science Record created on 2012-05-18, modified on 2016-08-09

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