Abbreviations, Symbols and Synonyms
Abbreviations
A
Acceptor
AM 1.5
Air mass 1.5
a-Si
Amorphous silicon
p-Si
Polycrystalline silicon
BIPV
Building Integrated Photovoltaics
LUMO
Lowest unoccupied molecular orbital
HOMO
Highest occupied molecular orbital
CDCA
Chenodeoxy cholicacid
ACN
Acetonitrile
NMP
N-methylpyrrolidine
TBP
4-t-butylpyridine
HTMs
Hole transport materials
Pmax
Maximum power
Iph
Power of incident light
CB
Conduction band
GaAs
Galliumarsenide
D
Donor
DSSC
Dye-sensitized solar cell
FTO
Fluorine-doped tin oxide
TiO2
Titanium dioxide
Nb2O5
Niobiumpentoxide
ZnO
Zincoxide
SnO2
Tinoxide
CoS
Cobaltsulphide
ITO
Tin-doped indium oxide
Ɛ
Extinction coefficient
IPCE
Incident photon to current conversion efficiency
LHE
Light harvesting efficiency

Incident radiative flux
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Abbreviations, Symbols and Synonyms
IR
Infrared
HRMS
High resolution mass spectrometry
IV
Current-voltage
E0-0
Excitation transition energies
D-π-A
Donor-π-bridge-acceptor
MLCT
Metal to ligand charge transfer
PV
Photovoltaic
UV
Ultraviolet
VB
Valence band
PMII
1-propyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide
GuSCN
Guanidinium thiocyanate
dcbpy
4,4’-dicarboxylic acid-2,2’-bipyridine
EF
Fermi energy level
Ecb
Conduction band energy level
NHE
Normal hydrogen electrode
SCE
Standard calomel electrode
TPA
Triphenylamine
PTZ
Phenothiazine
CBZ
Carbazole
POZ
Phenoxazine
OLED
Organic light emitting diode
PMII
1-propyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide
MNBB
N-butyl-1H-benzimidazole
DMII
Dimethylimidazolium iodide
ICT
Intramolecular charge transfer
Symbols
e-
Electron
Ef
Fermi energy
η
Efficiency
JSC
Short-circuit current
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Abbreviations, Symbols and Synonyms
VOC
Open-circuit voltage
JPH(max)
Photocurrent maximum power output
VPH(max)
Photovoltage maximum power output

Wavelength
S
Sensitizer
S/S+
Ground energy state of the sensitizer
S+/S*
Excited energy state of the sensitizer
Synonyms
Counter-electrode
Cathode, positive electrode
Dye-sensitized solar cell
Dye-sensitized nanostructured solar cell
Efficiency
Energy
conversion
efficiency,
light-to-energy
conversion efficiency, Gratzel cell, dye cell
EQE
IPCE
Irradiance
Light intensity
Nanostructured electrode
Porous nanocrystalline electrode
n-type material
Electron transport material
Photocurrent
Light-induced current
Photovoltage
Light-induced voltage
Photovoltaic cell
Solar cell
p-type material
Hole transport material
Spectral response
IPCE, incident photon to current efficiency
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