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Huang S, Li Q, Li S, Li C, Tan H, Xie Y. Recent advances in the approaches for improving the photovoltaic performance of porphyrin-based DSSCs. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:4521-4536. [PMID: 38592027 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc06299f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
Abstract
Among other photovoltaic techniques including perovskite solar cells and organic solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are considered to be a potential alternative to conventional silicon solar cells. Porphyrins are promising dyes with the properties of easy modification and superior light-harvesting capability. However, porphyrin dyes still suffer from a number of unfavorable aspects, which need to be addressed in order to improve the photovoltaic performance. This feature article briefly summarizes the recent progress in improving the Voc and Jsc of porphyrin-based DSSCs in terms of molecular engineering by modifying the porphyrin macrocycle, donor and acceptor moieties of the porphyrin dyes, coadsorption of the porphrin dyes with bulky coadsorbents like chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA), and cosensitization of the porphyrin dyes with metal-free organic dyes. Notably, concerted companion (CC) dyes are described in detail, which have been constructed by linking a porphyrin dye subunit and a metal-free organic dye subunit with flexible alkoxy chains to achieve panchromatic absorption and concerted enhancement of Voc and Jsc. In one sentence, this article is expected to provide further insights into the development of high performance DSSCs through the design and syntheses of efficient porphyrin dyes and CC dyes in combination with device optimization to achieve simultaneously elevated Voc and Jsc, which may inspire and promote further progress in the commercialization of the DSSCs.
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- Shucheng Huang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- College of Material, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry and Material Technology of Ministry of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical and Magneto-chemical Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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Fan S, Sun ZR, Shi H, Fan WJ, Tan DZ, Chen YG. Modification of benzoindenothiophene-based organic dye with fused thiophenes for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells. J Mol Graph Model 2022; 115:108214. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2022.108214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Chandrasekaran D, Chiu YL, Yu CK, Yen YS, Chang YJ. Polycyclic Arenes Dihydrodinaphthopentacene-based Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells Application. Chem Asian J 2021; 16:3719-3728. [PMID: 34543526 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202100985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2021] [Revised: 09/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In this paper, two D-π-D type compounds, C1 and C2, containing dihydrodinaphthopentacene (DHDNP) as a π-bridge, p-methoxydiphenylamine and p-methoxytriphenylamine groups as the donor groups were synthesized. The four 4-hexylphenyl groups at the sp3 -carbon bridges of DHDNP were acquainted with control morphology and improving solubility. The light absorption, energy level, thermal properties, and application as hole-transporting materials in perovskite solar cells of these compounds were fully investigated. The HOMO/LUMO levels and energy gaps of these DHDNP-based molecules are suitable for use as hole-transporting materials in PSCs. The best power conversion efficiencies of the PVSCs based on the C1 and C2 are 15.96% and 12.86%, respectively. The performance of C1 is comparable to that of the reference compound spiro-OMeTAD (16.38%). Compared with spiro-OMeTAD, the C1-based PVSC device showed good stability, which was slightly decreased to 98.68% of its initial efficiency after 48 h and retained 81% of its original PCE after 334 h without encapsulation. These results reveal the potential usefulness of the DHDNP building block for further development of economical and highly efficient HTMs for PVSCs.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, 407, Xitun, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, 320, Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, 320, Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, 407, Xitun, Taichung, Taiwan
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Ibrahim D, Boulet P, Gros PC, Pierrat P. Efficient Access to Arylated Aza‐ullazines by Regioselective Functionalization of their Pyridine Ring by H−Li Exchange and Electrophilic Substitution. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Institut Jean Lamour UMR 7198 CNRS Université de Lorraine, Campus Artem 2 allée André Guinier, BP 50840 54011 Nancy Cedex France
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An J, Yang X, Tian Z, Cai B, Zhang L, Yu Z, Wang X, Hagfeldt A, Sun L. Thiophene-fused carbazole derivative dyes for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells. Tetrahedron 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2021.132124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kurumisawa Y, Higashino T, Nimura S, Tsuji Y, Iiyama H, Imahori H. Renaissance of Fused Porphyrins: Substituted Methylene-Bridged Thiophene-Fused Strategy for High-Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:9910-9919. [PMID: 31189307 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Over the last decades, porphyrin sensitizers have made a remarkable contribution to performance improvement in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). In particular, versatile push-pull-type porphyrin sensitizers have achieved power conversion efficiencies (η) over 10% as a result of their improved light-harvesting abilities. Meanwhile, aromatic ring fusion to a porphyrin core is an attractive option for highly efficient DSSCs because of its expanded π-conjugation and resultant red-shifted absorption. Nevertheless, aromatic-fused porphyrin sensitizers have suffered rather low cell performances due to their mismatch of HOMO-LUMO levels, high aggregation tendency, and short lifetime of the excited states. Bearing these in mind, we envisioned that the fusion of substituted methylene-bridged small aromatic ring to a porphyrin core would overcome these drawbacks, boosting the cell performance. Herein, we report a series of substituted methylene-bridged thiophene-fused porphyrins, AfZnP, DfZnP, and DfZnP- iPr. After optimization, DSSC with the donor-side thiophene-fused DfZnP- iPr achieved an η-value of 10.1%, which is comparable to that of DSSC with GY50 (10.0%), a representative high-performance push-pull-type porphyrin sensitizer. More importantly, cosensitization of DfZnP- iPr with a complementary sensitizer LEG4 further led to an η-value of 10.7%, which is the highest value ever reported for DSSCs with fused porphyrin sensitizers. Therefore, our strategy will reboot the exploration of aromatic-fused porphyrin sensitizers for high-performance DSSCs.
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- Yuma Kurumisawa
- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering , Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan.,Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS) , Kyoto University , Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501 , Japan
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Kubota Y, Kimura K, Jin J, Manseki K, Funabiki K, Matsui M. Synthesis of near-infrared absorbing and fluorescing thiophene-fused BODIPY dyes with strong electron-donating groups and their application in dye-sensitised solar cells. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj04672g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Thiophene-fused BODIPY dyes with two diethylaminophenyl groups as strong donors demonstrated near-infrared (NIR) absorption (λmax: 783–812 nm, ε: 119 500–145 900) and fluorescence (Fmax: 862–916 nm, Φf: 0.02–0.12) in dichloromethane.
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- Yasuhiro Kubota
- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University
- Yanagido
- Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University
- Yanagido
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University
- Matsumoto
- Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University
- Yanagido
- Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University
- Yanagido
- Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University
- Yanagido
- Japan
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Mu Y, Dong G, Dong X, Zhang M. Thienochrysenocarbazole-Based Dyes for Solar Cell: A Theoretical Investigation of the Tethering-Position-Related Influence of Triple-Bond on the Electronic and Optical Properties. ChemistrySelect 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201802746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Yanfei Mu
- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies; Tianjin University of Technology; Tianjin 300384 China
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Changchun 130022 China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies; Tianjin University of Technology; Tianjin 300384 China
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Changchun 130022 China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies; Tianjin University of Technology; Tianjin 300384 China
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Ren Y, Sun D, Cao Y, Tsao HN, Yuan Y, Zakeeruddin SM, Wang P, Grätzel M. A Stable Blue Photosensitizer for Color Palette of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Reaching 12.6% Efficiency. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:2405-2408. [PMID: 29323883 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We report a blue dye, coded as R6, which features a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, 9,19-dihydrobenzo[1',10']phenanthro[3',4':4,5]thieno[3,2-b]benzo[1,10]phenanthro[3,4-d]thiophene, coupled with a diarylamine electron donor and 4-(7-ethynylbenzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazol-4-yl)benzoic acid acceptor. Dye R6 displays a brilliant sapphire color in a sensitized TiO2 mesoporous film with a Co(II/III) tris(bipyridyl)-based redox electrolyte. The R6 based dye-sensitized solar cell achieves an impressive power conversion efficiency of 12.6% under standard air mass 1.5 global, 100 mW cm-2, and shows a remarkable photostability.
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- Yameng Ren
- Center for Chemistry of Novel & High-Performance Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University , 310028 Hangzhou, China.,Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 130022 Changchun, China
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- Center for Chemistry of Novel & High-Performance Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University , 310028 Hangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences & Engineering , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences & Engineering , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center for Chemistry of Novel & High-Performance Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University , 310028 Hangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences & Engineering , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center for Chemistry of Novel & High-Performance Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University , 310028 Hangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences & Engineering , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Fan WJ, Chang YZ, Zhao JL, Xu ZN, Tan DZ, Chen YG. A theoretical study of fused thiophene modified anthracene-based organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cell applications. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj03592j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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As the fused-thiophene sizes increase, the main absorption peaks basically remain the same, but the oscillator strength increases and adsorption bands broaden.
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- Wen-Jie Fan
- College of Science
- Dalian Ocean University
- Dalian 116023
- P. R. China
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- College of China & New Zealand Collaboration
- Dalian Ocean University
- Dalian 116023
- P. R. China
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- College of Science
- Dalian Ocean University
- Dalian 116023
- P. R. China
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- College of China & New Zealand Collaboration
- Dalian Ocean University
- Dalian 116023
- P. R. China
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- Experimental Center of Chemistry
- Faculty of Chemical, Environmental and Biological
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- P. R. China
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- High Performance Computing Center
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- P. R. China
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Chou HH, Liu YC, Fang G, Cao QK, Wei TC, Yeh CY. Structurally Simple and Easily Accessible Perylenes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Applicable to Both 1 Sun and Dim-Light Environments. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:37786-37796. [PMID: 28990749 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b11784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The need for low-cost and highly efficient dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells under both the sunlight and dim light environments is growing. We have devised GJ-series push-pull organic dyes which require only four synthesis steps. These dyes feature a linear molecular structure of donor-perylene-ethynylene-arylcarboxylic acid, where donor represents N,N-diarylamino group and arylcarboxylic groups represent benzoic, thienocarboxylic, 2-cyano-3-phenylacrylic, 2-cyano-3-thienoacrylic, and 4-benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazol-4-yl-benzoic groups. In this study, we demonstrated that a dye without tedious and time-consuming synthesis efforts can perform efficiently. Under the illumination of AM1.5G simulated sunlight, the benzothiadiazole-benzoic-containing GJ-BP dye shows the best power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.16% with VOC of 0.70 V and JSC of 11.88 mA cm-2 using liquid iodide-based electrolyte. It also shows high performance in converting light of 6000 lx light intensity, that is, incident power of ca. 1.75 mW cm-2, to power output of 0.28 mW cm-2 which equals a PCE of 15.79%. Interestingly, the benzoic-containing dye GJ-P with a simple molecular structure has comparable performance in generating power output of 0.26 mW cm-2 (PCE of 15.01%) under the same condition and is potentially viable toward future application.
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- Hsien-Hsin Chou
- Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Sustainable Energy & Nanotechnology, National Chung Hsing University , Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University , Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Sustainable Energy & Nanotechnology, National Chung Hsing University , Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University , Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University , Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Sustainable Energy & Nanotechnology, National Chung Hsing University , Taichung 402, Taiwan
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Chang TK, Chi Y. Bis-tridentate Ru(ii) sensitizers with a spatially encumbered 2,6-dipyrazolylpyridine ancillary ligand for dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra07379h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The sensitizer TF-tBu_C3F7 has shown the highest overall efficiencies of JSC = 18.47 mA cm−2, VOC = 767 mV, FF = 0.71 and PCE = 10.05% under simulated one sun irradiation, due to the fine balance between dye loading and reduced charge recombination.
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- Ting-Kuang Chang
- Department of Chemistry
- Low Carbon Energy Research Center
- National Tsing Hua University
- Hsinchu 30013
- Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Low Carbon Energy Research Center
- National Tsing Hua University
- Hsinchu 30013
- Taiwan
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