Cyclopentadithiophene bridged donor-acceptor dyes achieve high power conversion efficiencies in dye-sensitized solar cells based on the tris-cobalt bipyridine redox couple.

Keywords: cobalt ; dye-sensitized solar cells ; electrochemistry ; photovoltaics ; sensitizers ; Photovoltaic Cells ; Transport ; Recombination ; Electrolyte ; Performance ; Mediators Reference EPFL-ARTICLE-166673doi:10.1002/cssc.201100120View record in Web of Science Record created on 2011-06-08, modified on 2017-05-12

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