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Applicability of silanol to sensitizing dye for dye-sensitized solar cell

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Applicability of silanols to dye-sensitized solar cells was investigated for the first time with bis(4-azobenzene)silanediol as a model compound. The silanol dye showed high adsorption ability on the surface of TiO2 electrode and effective electron transfer from the light-excited dye to the electrode was confirmed, exhibiting the effectiveness of the silanol dyes for the sensitizers.

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    Kenji Kakiage, Yoshinori Nakada, Takehiro Kogure, Masaki Yamamura, Toru Kyomen, Masafumi Unno & Minoru Hanaya

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Kakiage, K., Nakada, Y., Kogure, T. et al. Applicability of silanol to sensitizing dye for dye-sensitized solar cell. Silicon Chem 3, 303–305 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11201-008-9032-8

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