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New binary ionic liquid electrolytes based on 1-methyl-1-butylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluromethylsulfonyl)imide, 1-butylpyridinium bis(trifluromethylsulfonyl)imide, 1-methyl-3-ethylimidazolium bis(trifluromethylsulfonyl)imide, 1-methyl-3-ethylimidazolium tetr ...
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• To date β-aryloxy-substituted designs have led to the best results in phthalocyanine-sensitized solar cells (Pc-SCs) because of their low aggregation properties. By incorporating the bulky semiflexible 2,6-diphenylphenoxy group at three α-positions of th ...
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The Influence of Substituent Orientation on the Photovoltaic Performance of Phthalocyanine-Sensitized Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

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Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Christian Ludwig, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Kasparas Rakstys, Peng Qin, Hany ElBatal

Molecularly engineered weakly conjugated hybrid porphyrin systems are presented as efficient sensitizers for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. By incorporating the quinolizino acridine and triazatruxene based unit as the secondary light-harvester as ...
Wiley-Blackwell2016

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Amer Chemical Soc2015

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The detailed synthesis and characterization of four ruthenium(II) complexes [RuLL(NCS)(2)] is reported, in which L represents a 2,2-bipyridine ligand functionalized at the 4,4 positions with benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b]dithiophene derivatives (BDT) and L is 2,2-bipy ...
Wiley-Blackwell2015

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