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Location effect of triptycene on the photovoltaic performance of carbazole-based dyes. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Rybakiewicz R, Skórka Ł, Gańczarczyk R. Dithienopyrrole-based Organic Electroactive Materials and Their Photovoltaic Aspects. CURR ORG CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.2174/1385272824999201014154321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
4H-dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrrole has recently become a useful building block in the
synthesis of donor-acceptor molecules with practical application in various organic technologies.
The DTP molecule itself consists of a pyrrole ring with two fused thiophenes providing
an alternative for the related dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]thiophene. Most notably, the significance of
DTP-based low- and high-molecular weight species has increased in recent years since, upon
proper processing, they allow to improve the performance of many fields of organic electronics.
This review is a trial of a brief report on recent advances in modern DTP chemistry with
examples of their applications, mostly in the area of organic photovoltaics. The scope of this
manuscript was to present the structure-property relationships that had been found together
with the development of DTP-based materials.
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- Renata Rybakiewicz
- Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, School of Exact Sciences, Woycickiego 1/3, 01 938 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00 664 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00 664 Warsaw, Poland
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Chen JB, Zhou C, Lu RQ, Wang XC, Qu H, Saha M, Liu HL, Zhang H, Cao XY. Triindolo-Truxene Derivatives: Design, Synthesis, and Fine-Tuning of Electronic Properties and Molecular Assembly through Molecular Engineering. Chemistry 2019; 25:1293-1299. [PMID: 30334293 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
Triindolo-truxene, a C3 -symmetric molecule with a large π-conjugated plane, has six methylene carbon atoms and three aromatic carbon atoms that can be facilely functionalized. Herein, butyl, carbonyl, cyano, and/or malononitrile groups were introduced at six methylene carbon atoms (6-, 14-, 22- or 8-, 16-, 24-positions) and/or three aromatic carbon atoms (2-, 10-, and 18-positions) of triindolo-truxene to produce eight derivatives. Their photophysical properties, electrochemical properties, and molecular assembly can be effectively modulated by substituents and substitution patterns. Incorporation of electron-deficient groups led to redshifts in both the absorption and emission of these derivatives and also lowered their HOMO and LUMO levels. Different substitution patterns resulted in the different intramolecular donor-acceptor interactions. Electron-deficient substituents at the methylene carbon atoms in the 6-, 14-, and 22-positions led to intramolecular charge transfer from the fluorene arms to the truxene core, whereas the corresponding substitutions at the methylene carbon atoms in the 8-, 16-, and 24-positions resulted in intramolecular charge transfer from the truxene core to the fluorene arms. The molecular packing in single crystals and molecular aggregation in solution are also influenced by the substituents and substitution patterns. This work provides a straightforward strategy to alter the properties of triindolo-truxene.
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- Jun-Bo Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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Zhang H, Iqbal Z, Chen ZE, Hong Y. Effects of various heteroatom donor species on the photophysical, electrochemical and photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.08.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Fahim ZME, Bouzzine SM, Ait Aicha Y, Bouachrine M, Hamidi M. The bridged effect on the geometric, optoelectronic and charge transfer properties of the triphenylamine–bithiophene-based dyes: a DFT study. RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11164-017-3211-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Langlois A, Xu HJ, Karsenti PL, Gros CP, Harvey PD. Excited State N−H Tautomer Selectivity in the Singlet Energy Transfer of a Zinc(II)-Porphyrin-Truxene-Corrole Assembly. Chemistry 2017; 23:5010-5022. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201605909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Adam Langlois
- Département de Chimie; Université de Sherbrooke; Sherbrooke PQ J1K 2R1 Canada
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté UBFC ICMUB; UMR CNRS 6302; 9 Avenue Alain Savary BP 47870 21078 Dijon Cedex France
- Present address: College of Chemical Engineering; Nanjing Forestry University; Nanjing 210037 P.R. China
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté UBFC ICMUB; UMR CNRS 6302; 9 Avenue Alain Savary BP 47870 21078 Dijon Cedex France
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- Département de Chimie; Université de Sherbrooke; Sherbrooke PQ J1K 2R1 Canada
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Zhang H, Iqbal Z, Chen ZE, Hong YP. Effect of structural optimization on the photovoltaic performance of dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyrrole-based dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra05716d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Five novel organic push–pull dyes, DT, CD-T, TD-T, CD-C and TD-P, based on carbazole or triphenylamine as donors, dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyrrole as a π-spacer and cyanoacetic acid as an acceptor were synthesized, and their structures were optimized for DSSCs.
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- Hai Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Qianbei Featured Resources Applied Research Key Laboratory
- Zunyi Normal College
- Zunyi 563006
- China
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- Applied Chemistry Research Centre
- PCSIR Laboratories Complex
- Lahore 54000
- Pakistan
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Qianbei Featured Resources Applied Research Key Laboratory
- Zunyi Normal College
- Zunyi 563006
- China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Natural Product and Functional Food
- College of Food Science and Engineering
- Jiangxi Agricultural University
- Nanchang 330045
- China
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Lu Z, Dai P, Wang C, Liang M, Zong X, Sun Z, Xue S. Synthesis of new dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyrrole (DTP) dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: effect of substituent on photovoltaic properties. Tetrahedron 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2016.04.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Langlois A, Xu HJ, Karsenti PL, Gros CP, Harvey PD. Very fast singlet and triplet energy transfers in a tri-chromophoric porphyrin dyad aided by the truxene platform. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2015. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424615500327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A trichromophoric dyad composed of an octa-β-alkyl-palladium(II)porphyrin (donor) and two tri-meso-aryl-zinc(II)porphyrins (acceptors) held by a truxene spacer exhibits very fast rates for triplet energy transfers at 77 (kET(T1) = 1.63 × 108 s-1) and 298 K (kET(T1) = 3.44 × 108 s-1), whereas the corresponding singlet energy transfer rates, kET(S1) = 3.9 × 1010 s-1 (77 K) and kET(S1) = 6.0 × 1010 s-1 (298 K), are also considered fast. The interpretation for these results is that the energy transfer processes proceed via a through bond Dexter mechanism (i.e. double electron exchange) supported by comparison with literature data and evidence for a moderate MO coupling between the donor and acceptor chromophores in the frontier MOs.
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- Adam Langlois
- Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Université de Bourgogne, ICMUB (UMR 6302), 9, Avenue Alain Savary, BP 47870, 21078 Dijon Cedex, France
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- Université de Bourgogne, ICMUB (UMR 6302), 9, Avenue Alain Savary, BP 47870, 21078 Dijon Cedex, France
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- Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada
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Tan LL, Liu JM, Li SY, Xiao LM, Kuang DB, Su CY. Dye-sensitized solar cells with improved performance using cone-calix[4]arene based dyes. CHEMSUSCHEM 2015; 8:280-287. [PMID: 25183482 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201402401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Revised: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
Three cone-calix[4]arene-based sensitizers (Calix-1-Calix-3) with multiple donor-π-acceptor (D-π-A) moieties are designed, synthesized, and applied in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Their photophysical and electrochemical properties are characterized by measuring UV/Vis absorption and emission spectra, cyclic voltammetry, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Calix-3 has excellent thermo- and photostability, as illustrated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and dye-aging tests, respectively. Importantly, a DSSC using the Calix-3 dye displays a conversion efficiency of 5.48 % in under standard AM 1.5 Global solar illumination conditions, much better than corresponding DSSCs that use the rod-shaped dye M-3 with a single D-π-A chain (3.56 %). The dyes offer advantages in terms of higher molar extinction coefficients, longer electron lifetimes, better stability, and stronger binding ability to TiO2 film. This is the first example of calixarene-based sensitizers for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells.
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- Li-Lin Tan
- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510275 Guangzhou (PR China)
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Tan Y, Liang M, Lu Z, Zheng Y, Tong X, Sun Z, Xue S. Novel triphenylamine donors with carbazole moieties for organic sensitizers toward cobalt(II/III) redox mediators. Org Lett 2014; 16:3978-81. [PMID: 25058325 DOI: 10.1021/ol5018036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A series of D-π-A organic dyes, X72-75, containing novel triarylamine electron donors have been synthesized for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). The superiority of the asymmetric design of the triphenylamine electron donor over the symmetrical triphenylamine when applied in organic dyes for cobalt cells has been observed. Using X72 with the cobalt(II/III) redox shuttle resulted in an overall power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 9.18%, outperforming the state-of-the-art dye C218 under the same conditions.
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- Yulin Tan
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Department of Applied Chemistry, Tianjin University of Technology , Tianjin 300384, P.R. China
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Wang Z, Wang H, Liang M, Tan Y, Cheng F, Sun Z, Xue S. Judicious design of indoline chromophores for high-efficiency iodine-free dye-sensitized solar cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2014; 6:5768-5778. [PMID: 24666232 DOI: 10.1021/am500575s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Indoline photosensitizers exhibit impressive short-circuit photocurrent but generally low molar extinction coefficient and rapid charge recombination, which limits their application in thin-film dye-sensitizerd solar cells (DSCs). Here, we incorporate a new dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrrole (DTP) segment (i.e., dihexyloxy-triphenylamine (DHO-TPA) substituted DTP) as the conjugated π-linker to construct a series of high molar absorption coefficient indoline dyes (XW69, XW70, and XW71) for DSCs employing a cobalt(II/III) redox electrolyte. Interestingly, this DTP linker is demonstrated as an efficient building block, not only slowing down the kinetics of charge recombination of titania electrons with tris(1,10-phenanthroline)cobalt(III) ions but also making a great contribution to the light absorption properties in comparison with the dihexylaniline substituted DTP. With respect to the dihexyloxy-triphenylamine dye (XW68), these new indoline dyes exhibit stronger light-harvesting and thus better power conversion efficiency of DSCs made from thin titania films. Benefitting from the bulky rigidity of the donor and π-conjugation unit, the XW70 dye displays a promising conversion efficiency as high as 8.78%, with a short-circuit current density (J(SC)) of 13.3 mA cm(-2), open-circuit voltage (V(OC)) of 943 mV, and fill factor (FF) of 0.70 under AM 1.5 illumination (100 mW cm(-2)). Furthermore, the effect of light irradiation on these dyes adsorbed on nanocrystalline TiO2 films was investigated, proving the photostability of these indoline chromophores. Our work has valued the feasibility of judicious design of indoline chromophores to obtain organic photosensitizers for high-efficiency iodine-free DSCs made from thin titania films.
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- Zhihui Wang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Department of Applied Chemistry, Tianjin University of Technology , Tianjin 300384, People's Republic of China
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