Guest-Host Interactions in Symmetrical Carboxy Heptamethine Cyanine Dyes-Titanium Dioxide Systems: Synthesis, Theoretical Calculations, Aggregation Properties, and Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

<div>(a) Cyclic voltammogram of a glassy carbon electrode in 0.1 TBAPF6/CH2Cl2 at 100 mV·s-1 of cyanine dyes 12-14. Inset: voltammogram of ferrocene. (b) Energy diagram of TiO2, cyanine 13, and the electrolyte I-/I3-.</div>

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Figure 9: Guest-Host Interactions in Symmetrical Carboxy Heptamethine Cyanine Dyes-Titanium Dioxide Systems: Synthesis, Theoretical Calculations, Aggregation Properties, and Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells 

Figure 9 | Guest-Host Interactions in Symmetrical Carboxy Heptamethine Cyanine Dyes-Titanium Dioxide Systems: Synthesis, Theoretical Calculations, Aggregation Properties, and Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells 