Research Article

J-Aggregates of Amphiphilic Cyanine Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: A Combination between Computational Chemistry and Experimental Device Physics

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DFT Optimized geometry of simplified Dye 1 (Cl atoms are not taken into account and where R group = CH3 group). (a) Front view (180° on the plane of paper) and (b) 90° twisted view (perpendicular to the plane of the paper) reveal nonplanar molecule.
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