Photo-stable substituted dihydroindolo[2,3-b]carbazole-based organic dyes: tuning the photovoltaic properties by optimizing the π structure for panchromatic DSSCs

Influence of the auxiliary acceptor and π-bridge in triarylamine dyes on dye-sensitized solar cells

Four new dyes based on triarylamine donors with different π-bridges have been synthesized and showed the best overall conversion efficiency η of 7.92% (that of N719 dye was 8.53% under the same conditions).

Chemistry and Properties of Indolocarbazoles

The indolocarbazoles are an important class of nitrogen heterocycles which has evolved significantly in recent years, with numerous studies focusing on their diverse biological effects, or targeting new materials with potential applications in organic electronics. This review aims at providing a broad survey of the chemistry and properties of indolocarbazoles from an interdisciplinary point of view, with particular emphasis on practical synthetic aspects, as well as certain topics which have not been previously accounted for in detail, such as the occurrence, formation, biological activities, and metabolism of indolo[3,2- b]carbazoles. The literature of the past decade forms the basis of the text, which is further supplemented with older key references.

Novel indeno[2,1-b]carbazole donor-based organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Four novel organic dyes based on indeno[2,1-b]carbazole donors were synthesized. CFT1 showed the best overall conversion efficiency η of 5.97% (J_SC = 12.34 mA cm⁻², V_OC = 0.71 V, and FF = 0.68) under simulated AM 1.5 irradiation (100 mW cm⁻²).