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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]
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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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Effects of chelate ligands containing NN, PN, and PP on the performance of half-sandwich ruthenium metal complexes as sensitizers in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs): quantum chemical investigation. Polyhedron 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2022.116190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Evaluating the photoelectric performance of D-π-A dyes with different π-conjugated bridges for DSSCs. Chem Phys Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2022.140035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Scalambra F, Díaz-Ortega IF, Romerosa-Nievas AM. Photo-generation of H2 by Heterometallic Complexes. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:14022-14031. [DOI: 10.1039/d2dt01870e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Multiple and different metals in a complex can accomplish single and sequential multi-step reactions, providing valuable procedures to obtain chemicals in one-pot synthetic routes. Biology has shown how cooperative catalysis...
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Yuan S, Wang S, Xu Z, Wang D, Zhao X, Ling Q, Wang Y. Effect of the linkage modes of thiolated ethynyl groups on the spin-dependent electronic transport properties in transition metal porphyrin molecular junctions. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2020; 32:055301. [PMID: 31600737 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab4ca8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Using density functional theory and nonequilibrium Green's function method, the spin-dependent electronic transport properties of six transition metal porphyrin molecules (VP, CrP, MnP, FeP, CoP, and NiP), which are linked to gold electrodes through the thiolated ethynyl groups, are investigated. Two different linkage modes (beta linkage and meso linkage) of the substituted ethynyl groups on the porphyrin macrocycle are considered. The results show that the linkage mode of ethynyl groups plays an important role on the spin transport properties of the molecular junctions and the beta linkage is more favorable for the spin filtering efficiency of current than the meso linkages. The spin-up and spin-down energy levels show the different evolutions which is responsible for the difference of spin filtering efficiency between the two linkage modes. The computational results of total current show that the meso-linked molecular junctions have the better conductive performances than the beta-linked ones which may be caused by the different electronic transport paths.
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- Shundong Yuan
- College of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, People's Republic of China
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Lu Y, Liu Q, Luo J, Wang B, Feng T, Zhou X, Liu X, Xie Y. Solar Cells Sensitized with Porphyrin Dyes Containing Oligo(Ethylene Glycol) Units: A High Efficiency Beyond 12 . CHEMSUSCHEM 2019; 12:2802-2809. [PMID: 30830720 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201900139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Revised: 03/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A series of new porphyrin dyes (XW42-XW44) containing oligo(ethylene glycol) units have been designed and synthesized. Two triethylene glycol units were introduced into the phenothiazine moiety of XW42, whereas diethylene glycol (DEG) and ethylene glycol chains were introduced to afford XW43 and XW44, respectively. Interestingly, the efficiencies of the DSSCs were clearly dependent on the chain lengths. Among the three dyes, XW42 and XW43 exhibited relatively high open-circuit voltages of 751 and 750 mV, respectively, and XW43 exhibited the highest efficiency of 10.32 % owing to the presence of the DEG chains with suitable lengths and excellent ability to trap Li+ . Furthermore, through a combined coadsorption and cosensitization approach, the efficiencies were dramatically enhanced. As a result, a highest efficiency of 12.10 % was obtained for the XW43+chenodeoxycholic acid+PT-C6 (a metal-free organic dye) system, which ranks among the highest efficiencies of cells based on the traditional iodine electrolyte.
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- Yunyue Lu
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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Efficient solar cells based on cosensitizing porphyrin dyes containing a wrapped donor, a wrapped π-framework and a substituted benzothiadiazole unit. Sci China Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-019-9471-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Di Carlo G, Orbelli Biroli A, Pizzotti M, Tessore F. Efficient Sunlight Harvesting by A 4 β-Pyrrolic Substituted Zn II Porphyrins: A Mini-Review. Front Chem 2019; 7:177. [PMID: 31032244 PMCID: PMC6470396 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) are a highly promising alternative to conventional photovoltaic silicon-based devices, due to the potential low cost and the interesting conversion efficiencies. A key-role is played by the dye, and porphyrin sensitizers have drawn great interest because of their excellent light harvesting properties mimicking photosynthesis. Indeed, porphyrins are characterized by strong electronic absorption bands in the visible region up to the near infrared and by long-lived π* singlet excited states. Moreover, the presence of four meso and eight β-pyrrolic positions allows a fine tuning of their photoelectrochemical properties through structural modification. Trans-A2BC push-pull ZnII porphyrins, characterized by a strong and directional electron excitation process along the push-pull system, have been extensively investigated. On the other hand, A4 β-pyrrolic substituted tetraaryl ZnII porphyrins, which incorporate a tetraaryl porphyrinic core as a starting material, have received lower attention, even if they are synthetically more attractive and show several advantages such as a more sterically hindered architecture and enhanced solubility in most common organic solvents. The present contribution intends to review the most prominent A4 β-substituted ZnII porphyrins reported in the literature so far for application in DSSCs, focusing on the strategies employed to enhance the light harvesting capability of the dye and on a comparison with meso-substituted analogs.
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- Gabriele Di Carlo
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, UdR INSTM Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari del CNR (CNR-ISTM), SmartMatLab Centre, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, UdR INSTM Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, UdR INSTM Milano, Milan, Italy
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Lu Y, Song H, Li X, Ågren H, Liu Q, Zhang J, Zhang X, Xie Y. Multiply Wrapped Porphyrin Dyes with a Phenothiazine Donor: A High Efficiency of 11.7% Achieved through a Synergetic Coadsorption and Cosensitization Approach. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:5046-5054. [PMID: 30644719 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b19077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Photocurrent ( Jsc) and photovoltage ( Voc) are two important parameters for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) to achieve high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). Herein, we synthesize four novel porphyrin dyes, XW36-XW39, using an N-phenyl-substituted phenothiazine donor to pursue higher PCE. For XW36 and XW37, the N-phenyl group is wrapped with two ortho-alkoxy chains. In contrast, it is substituted with a para-alkoxy group in XW38 and XW39. The phenothiazine wrapping in XW36 and XW37 induces more serious distortion, which is beneficial for anti-aggregation but unfavorable for the electron transfer from donor to a porphyrin framework. Thus, individual porphyrin dyes XW36 and XW37 exhibit efficiencies of 9.05 and 9.58%, respectively, lower than those of 9.51 and 10.0% achieved for XW38 and XW39, respectively. Besides, the introduction of a methyl group into a benzoic acid acceptor unit is conducive to anti-aggregation and thus improves the Voc and efficiencies. Therefore, higher efficiencies were achieved for XW37 and XW39, compared with XW36 and XW38, respectively. Interestingly, although the individual XW36 dye shows a lowest efficiency among the four dyes, a highest efficiency of 11.7% was obtained for XW36 on the basis of synergetic adsorption with chenodeoxycholic acid and PT-C6 because of simultaneously improved Jsc and Voc, which may be ascribed to the lowest dye-loading amount of XW36 among all of these porphyrin dyes, with the largest vacancy area left on the TiO2 surface available for cosensitizer PT-C6, resulting in a highest Jsc. The high efficiency of 11.7% is one of the highest efficiencies using I-/I3- electrolytes in DSSCs. These results provide an effective strategy for developing efficient DSSCs by the targeted coadsorption and cosensitization of porphyrin sensitizers optimized through introducing a bis( ortho-alkoxy)-wrapped phenyl group into the phenothiazine donor and/or methyl groups into the benzoic acid acceptor unit.
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- Yunyue Lu
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , East China University of Science & Technology , Shanghai 200237 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , East China University of Science & Technology , Shanghai 200237 , P. R. China
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology , KTH Royal Institute of Technology , SE-10691 Stockholm , Sweden
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology , KTH Royal Institute of Technology , SE-10691 Stockholm , Sweden
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- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering , Shandong University of Science and Technology , Qingdao 266510 , P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology , Donghua University , Shanghai 201620 , P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology , Donghua University , Shanghai 201620 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , East China University of Science & Technology , Shanghai 200237 , P. R. China
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Meso-substituted porphyrin photosensitizers with enhanced near-infrared absorption: Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation for photodynamic therapy. Tetrahedron 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2018.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Song H, Liu Q, Xie Y. Porphyrin-sensitized solar cells: systematic molecular optimization, coadsorption and cosensitization. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:1811-1824. [PMID: 29372729 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc09671b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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As a promising low-cost solar energy conversion technique, dye-sensitized solar cells have undergone spectacular development since 1991. For practical applications, improvement of power conversion efficiency has always been one of the major research topics. Porphyrins are outstanding sensitizers endowed with strong sunlight harvesting ability in the visible region and multiple reaction sites available for functionalization. However, judicious molecular design in consideration of light-harvest, energy levels, operational dynamics, adsorption geometry and suppression of back reactions is specifically required for achieving excellent photovoltaic performance. This feature article highlights some of the recently developed porphyrin sensitizers, especially focusing on the systematic dye structure optimization approach in combination with coadsorption and cosensitization methods in pursuing higher efficiencies. Herein, we expect to provide more insights into the structure-performance correlation and molecular engineering strategies in a stepwise manner.
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- Heli Song
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials & Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd., Shanghai 200237, P. R. China.
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Lang P, Habermehl J, Troyanov SI, Rau S, Schwalbe M. Photocatalytic Generation of Hydrogen Using Dinuclear π-Extended Porphyrin-Platinum Compounds. Chemistry 2018; 24:3225-3233. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Philipp Lang
- Institute of Chemistry; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry I; University of Ulm; Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89077 Ulm Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
- Chemistry Department; Moscow State University; 119991 Moscow Russia
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry I; University of Ulm; Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89077 Ulm Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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Naik P, Su R, Elmorsy MR, El-Shafei A, Adhikari AV. New di-anchoring A–π-D–π-A configured organic chromophores for DSSC application: sensitization and co-sensitization studies. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2018; 17:302-314. [DOI: 10.1039/c7pp00351j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Three new metal-free carbazole based di-anchored dyes with A–π-D–π-A architecture (E1–3) were successfully designed, synthesized and characterized as potential photosensitizers. E1 displayed the highest photovoltaic performance, while E1–3 showed good VOC values when co-sensitized.
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- Praveen Naik
- Organic Materials Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- National Institute of Technology Karnataka
- Mangalore-575 025
- India
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- Polymer and Color Chemistry Program
- North Carolina State University
- Raleigh
- USA
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- Polymer and Color Chemistry Program
- North Carolina State University
- Raleigh
- USA
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- Polymer and Color Chemistry Program
- North Carolina State University
- Raleigh
- USA
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- Organic Materials Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- National Institute of Technology Karnataka
- Mangalore-575 025
- India
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Yang G, Tang Y, Li X, Ågren H, Xie Y. Efficient Solar Cells Based on Porphyrin Dyes with Flexible Chains Attached to the Auxiliary Benzothiadiazole Acceptor: Suppression of Dye Aggregation and the Effect of Distortion. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:36875-36885. [PMID: 28972788 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b12066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Donor-π-acceptor-type porphyrin dyes have been widely used for the fabrication of efficient dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) owing to their strong absorption in the visible region and the ease of modifying their chemical structures and photovoltaic behavior. On the basis of our previously reported efficient porphyrin dye XW11, which contains a phenothiazine-based electron donor, a π-extending ethynylene unit, and an auxiliary benzothiadiazole acceptor, we herein report the syntheses of novel porphyrin dyes XW26-XW28 by introducing one or two alkyl/alkoxy chains into the auxiliary acceptor. The introduced chains can effectively suppress dye aggregation. As a result, XW26-XW28 show excellent photovoltages of 700, 701, and 711 mV, respectively, obviously higher than 645 mV obtained for XW11. Nevertheless, the optimized structures of XW26 and XW27 exhibit severe distortion, showing large dihedral angles of 57.2° and 44.0°, respectively, between the benzothiadiazole and benzoic acid units, resulting from the steric hindrance between the benzoic acid unit and the neighboring alkyl/alkoxy chain on the benzothiadiazole unit, and thus blue-shifted absorption, decreased photocurrents. and low efficiencies of 5.19% and 6.42% were observed for XW26 and XW27, respectively. Interestingly, XW26 exhibits a more blue-shifted absorption spectrum relative to XW27, indicating that the steric hindrance of the alkyl/alkoxy chains has a more pronounced effect than the electronic effect. Different from XW26 and XW27, XW28 contains only one alkyl chain neighboring the ethynylene unit, which does not induce obvious steric hindrance with the benzoic acid unit, and thus distortion of the molecule is not seriously aggravated compared with XW11. Hence, its absorption spectrum and photocurrent are similar to those of XW11. As a result, a higher efficiency of 9.12% was achieved for XW28 because of its suppressed dye aggregation and higher photovoltage. It is worth noting that a high efficiency of 10.14% was successfully achieved for XW28 upon coadsorption with CDCA, which is also higher than the corresponding efficiency obtained for XW11. These results provide a novel approach for developing efficient porphyrin dyes by introducing chains into the suitable position of the auxiliary benzothiadiazolyl moiety to suppress dye aggregation, without seriously aggravating distortion of the dye molecules.
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- Guosheng Yang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology , Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Fisheries Academy of Fishery Science , 300 Jungong Road, Shanghai 200090, P. R. China
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology , SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology , SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology , Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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Molecular design and theoretical investigation of new metal-free heteroaromatic dyes with D-π-A architecture as photosensitizers for DSSC application. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.05.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Wu Y, Zhang Q, Liu JC, Li RZ, Jin NZ. Novel self-assembly with zinc porphyrin via axial coordination for dye-sensitized solar cells. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2017. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424617500195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Two zinc porphyrins substituted at the meso-positions with different donor units (denoted as ZnP1 and ZnP2) have been designed and synthesized to construct new self-assemblies (denoted as ZnPx-ZnPA) with anchor porphyrin (ZnPA) dyads formed by the coordination bonds of Zn-to-ligand approach. Then these assemblies were absorbed on the semiconducting TiO2 electrode surfaces by the carboxylic groups of anchor porphyrin (ZnPA) to build dye sensitized solar cells. Their spectral properties, electrochemical, theoretical calculations and photovoltaic properties were systematically investigated. Interestingly, these self-assemblies devices compared to monomer anchoring porphyrin device showed higher [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. Especially, the dyad of ester-based zinc porphyrin (ZnP2) assembly device has the highest photoelectric conversion efficiency. The assembled modes of the assemblies immobilized on TiO2 electrode surfaces were also verified by transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
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- Yu Wu
- Key Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry & Environmental Analysis of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment-Related Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Polymer, Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry & Environmental Analysis of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment-Related Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Polymer, Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry & Environmental Analysis of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment-Related Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Polymer, Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National, Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), Nanjing 211816, People’s Republic of China
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- Gansu Computing Center, Lanzhou 730030, People’s Republic of China
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Zervaki GE, Tsaka V, Vatikioti A, Georgakaki I, Nikolaou V, Sharma GD, Coutsolelos AG. A triazine di(carboxy)porphyrin dyad versus a triazine di(carboxy)porphyrin triad for sensitizers in DSSCs. Dalton Trans 2016; 44:13550-64. [PMID: 26134439 DOI: 10.1039/c5dt01141h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Two porphyrin-chromophores, i.e. triad PorZn-(PorCOOH)(2)-(piper)2 (GZ-T1) and dyad (PorZn)(2)-NMe2 (GZ-T1), have been synthesized and their photophysical and electrochemical properties have been investigated. The optical properties together with the appropriate electronic energy levels, i.e. the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels, revealed that both porphyrin assemblies can function as sensitizers for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The and -based DSSCs have been prepared and studied using 20 mM CDCA as coadsorbent and were found to exhibit an overall power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 5.88% and 4.56%, respectively (under an illumination intensity of 100 mW cm(-2) with TiO(2) films of 12 μm). The higher PCE of the -sensitized DSSC, as revealed from the current-voltage characteristic under illumination and the incident photon to current conversion efficiency (IPCE) spectra of the two DSSCs, is mainly attributed to its enhanced short circuit current (J(sc)), although both the open circuit voltage (V(oc)) and the fill factor are improved too. The electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) demonstrated a shorter electron transport time, longer electron lifetime and higher charge recombination resistance for the DSSC sensitized with the dye as well as a larger dye loading onto the TiO(2) surface.
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- G E Zervaki
- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry, University of Crete, Voutes Campus, P.O. Box 2208, 71003, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
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Adineh M, Tahay P, Shahrjerdi A, Davarani SSH, Safari N. Dye-sensitized solar cells, based on electrochemically functionalized porphyrins. JOURNAL OF THE IRANIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s13738-016-0850-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Kumar R, Sankar M, Sudhakar V, Krishnamoorthy K. Synthesis and characterization of simple cost-effective trans-A2BC porphyrins with various donor groups for dye-sensitized solar cells. NEW J CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5nj02610e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Zn(ii) porphyrin dyes have been synthesized in three steps and exhibited power conversion efficiencies of 2.1 to 4.2% which depend on the electron donating ability of the R group.
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- Ravi Kumar
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
- Roorkee-247667
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
- Roorkee-247667
- India
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- Polymers and Advanced Materials Laboratory
- National Chemical Laboratory
- Pune-411008
- India
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Adineh M, Tahay P, Ameri M, Safari N, Mohajerani E. Fabrication and analysis of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) using porphyrin dyes with catechol anchoring groups. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra23584g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Zinc(ii) porphyrins with catechol anchoring groups used in dye-sensitized solar cells for the first time.
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- Maryam Adineh
- Department of Chemistry
- Shahid Beheshti University
- 1983963113 Tehran
- Iran
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- Department of Chemistry
- Shahid Beheshti University
- 1983963113 Tehran
- Iran
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- Department of Physics
- Bu-Ali Sina University
- Hamedan
- Iran
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- Department of Chemistry
- Shahid Beheshti University
- 1983963113 Tehran
- Iran
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Qian X, Lu L, Zhu YZ, Gao HH, Zheng JY. Phenothiazine-functionalized push–pull Zn porphyrin photosensitizers for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra26754d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A series of zinc porphyrin dyes (JY24–27) featured phenothiazine moieties have been synthesized and applied as photosensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells.
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- Xing Qian
- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
- School of Chemical Engineering
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)
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Galván-Miranda EK, Castro-Cruz HM, Arturo Arias-Orea J, Iurlo M, Valenti G, Marcaccio M, Macías-Ruvalcaba NA. Synthesis, photophysical, electrochemical and electrochemiluminescence properties of A2B2 zinc porphyrins: the effect of π-extended conjugation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:15025-38. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp01926a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Electrogenerated chemiluminescence of A2B2 porphyrins: the effect of extended conjugation.
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- Elizabeth K. Galván-Miranda
- Departamento de Fisicoquímica
- Facultad de Química
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
- Ciudad Universitaria
- Ciudad de México
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- Departamento de Fisicoquímica
- Facultad de Química
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
- Ciudad Universitaria
- Ciudad de México
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- Departamento de Fisicoquímica
- Facultad de Química
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
- Ciudad Universitaria
- Ciudad de México
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”
- University of Bologna
- Bologna
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”
- University of Bologna
- Bologna
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”
- University of Bologna
- Bologna
- Italy
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- Departamento de Fisicoquímica
- Facultad de Química
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
- Ciudad Universitaria
- Ciudad de México
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Zhang JX, Wu Y, Liu JC, Li RZ. Bilayer structured supramolecular light harvesting arrays based on zinc porphyrin coordination polymers for enhanced photocurrent generation in dye sensitized solar cells. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:16283-16289. [DOI: 10.1039/c6dt02949c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Coordination polymers based on an acylhydrazone zinc porphyrin were synthesized and applied in dye sensitized solar cells for enhanced photocurrent generation.
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- Jun-Xiang Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry & Environmental Analysis of Gansu Province
- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment-Related Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials of Gansu Province
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Northwest Normal University
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- Key Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry & Environmental Analysis of Gansu Province
- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment-Related Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials of Gansu Province
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Northwest Normal University
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- Key Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry & Environmental Analysis of Gansu Province
- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment-Related Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials of Gansu Province
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Northwest Normal University
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech)
- People's Republic of China
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Adineh M, Tahay P, Huang WK, Wu HP, Diau EWG, Safari N. Synthesis of push–pull porphyrin dyes with dimethylaminonaphthalene electron-donating groups and their application to dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra23882c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Two new donor–π-bridge–acceptor zinc porphyrins with dimethylaminonaphthalene electron donating moieties, coded T1 and T2, were synthesized and used as sensitizers in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).
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- Maryam Adineh
- Department of Chemistry
- ShahidBeheshti University
- 1983963113 Tehran
- Iran
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- Department of Chemistry
- ShahidBeheshti University
- 1983963113 Tehran
- Iran
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science
- National Chiao Tung University
- Hsinchu 300
- Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science
- National Chiao Tung University
- Hsinchu 300
- Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science
- National Chiao Tung University
- Hsinchu 300
- Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry
- ShahidBeheshti University
- 1983963113 Tehran
- Iran
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Tang Y, Wang Y, Li X, Ågren H, Zhu WH, Xie Y. Porphyrins Containing a Triphenylamine Donor and up to Eight Alkoxy Chains for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: A High Efficiency of 10.9%. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:27976-27985. [PMID: 26606858 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Porphyrins are promising DSSC sensitizers due to their structural similarity to chlorophylls as well as their tunable strong absorption. Herein, a novel D-π-A porphyrin dye XW14 containing a strongly electron-donating triphenylamine moiety as the electron donor was designed and synthesized. To avoid undesirably decreased Voc caused by dye aggregation effect, two methoxy or hexyloxy chains were introduced to the para positions of the triphenylamine moiety to afford XW15 and XW16, respectively. To further extend the absorption to a longer wavelength, a benzothiadiazole unit was introduced as an auxiliary acceptor to furnish XW17. Compared with XW14, the introduction of additional methoxy or hexyloxy groups in XW15 and XW16 red-shift the onset wavelengths from 760 to 780 and 790 nm, respectively. More impressively, XW17 has a more extended π-conjugation framework, and thus, it exhibits a much broader IPCE spectrum with an extremely red-shifted onset wavelength of 830 nm, resulting in the highest Jsc (18.79 mA cm(-2)). On the other hand, the hexyloxy chains are favorable for suppressing the dye aggregation effect, and thus XW16 shows the highest Voc of 734 mV. As a result, XW16 and XW17 demonstrate photovoltaic efficiencies of 9.1 and 9.5%, respectively, higher than those of XW14 (8.6%) and XW15 (8.7%), and obviously higher than that of 7.94% for our previously reported dye, XW4. On the basis of optimized porphyrin dye XW17, we used a nonporphyrin dye with a high Voc and strong absorption around 500 nm (WS-5) as the cosensitizer to improve the Voc from 700 to 748 mV, with synergistical Jsc enhancement from 18.79 to 20.30 mA cm(-2). Thus, the efficiency was dramatically enhanced to 10.9%, which is among the highest efficiencies obtained for the DSSCs based on traditional iodine electrolyte. In addition, the DSSCs based on XW17 + WS-5 exhibit good photostability, which is beneficial for practical applications.
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- Yunyu Tang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science & Technology , Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science & Technology , Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology , SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology , SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science & Technology , Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science & Technology , Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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Wei T, Sun X, Li X, Ågren H, Xie Y. Systematic Investigations on the Roles of the Electron Acceptor and Neighboring Ethynylene Moiety in Porphyrins for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:21956-21965. [PMID: 26355437 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Cyanoacrylic and carboxyl groups have been developed as the most extensively used electron acceptor and anchoring group for the design of sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. In terms of the photoelectric conversion efficiency, each of them has been demonstrated to be superior to the other one in certain cases. Herein, to further understand the effect of these two groups on cell efficiencies, a series of porphyrin sensitizers were designed and synthesized, with the acceptors systematically varied, and the effect of the neighboring ethynylene unit was also investigated. Compared with the sensitizer XW5 which contains a carboxyphenyl anchoring moiety directly linked to the meso-position of the porphyrin framework, the separate introduction of a strongly electron-withdrawing cyanoacrylic acid as the anchoring group or the insertion of an ethynylene unit can achieve broadened light absorption and IPCE response, resulting in higher Jsc and higher efficiency. Thus, compared with the efficiency of 4.77% for XW5, dyes XW1 and XW6 exhibit higher efficiencies of 7.09% and 5.92%, respectively. Simultaneous introduction of the cyanoacrylic acid and the ethynylene units into XW7 can further broaden light absorption and thus further improve the Jsc. However, XW7 exhibits the lowest Voc value, which is not only related to the floppy structure of the cyanoacrylic group but also related to the aggravated dye aggregation effect due to the extended framework. As a result, XW7 exhibits a relatively low efficiency of 5.75%. These results indicate that the combination of the ethynylene and cyanoacrylic groups is an unsuccessful approach. To address this problem, a cyano substituent was introduced to XW8 at the ortho position of the carboxyl group in the carboxyphenyl acceptor. Thus, XW8 exhibits the highest efficiency of 7.59% among these dyes. Further cosensitization of XW8 with XS3 dramatically improved the efficiency to 9.31%.
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- Tiantian Wei
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science & Technology , Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science & Technology , Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology , SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology , SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science & Technology , Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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Modulation of photovoltaic behavior of dye-sensitized solar cells by electron donors of porphyrin dyes and cosensitization. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2015.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Chen J, Sheng Y, Ko S, Liu L, Han H, Li X. Push–pull porphyrins with different anchoring group orientations for fully printable monolithic dye-sensitized solar cells with mesoscopic carbon counter electrodes. NEW J CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5nj00569h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Compared with WH-C4 and WH-C1, WH-C6- and WH-C7-sensitized devices show a significantly reduced Voc, Jsc and power conversion efficiency (η).
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- Jiangzhao Chen
- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
- P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
- P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
- P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
- P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
- P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
- P. R. China
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Chen J, Ko S, Liu L, Sheng Y, Han H, Li X. The effect of porphyrins suspended with different electronegative moieties on the photovoltaic performance of monolithic porphyrin-sensitized solar cells with carbon counter electrodes. NEW J CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4nj02186j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Compared with WH-C3 and WH-C4, the WH-C5-sensitized device shows a significantly enhanced Voc, Jsc and power conversion efficiency (η).
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- Jiangzhao Chen
- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
- P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
- P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
- P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
- P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
- P. R. China
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- Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan 430074
- P. R. China
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Nikolaou V, Angaridis PA, Charalambidis G, Sharma GD, Coutsolelos AG. A “click-chemistry” approach for the synthesis of porphyrin dyads as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. Dalton Trans 2015; 44:1734-47. [DOI: 10.1039/c4dt03194f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Two novel porphyrin dyads consisting of two zinc-metallated porphyrin units, linked by 1,2,3-triazole containing bridges, have been synthesized via “click” reactions, and used as sensitizers in DSSCs.
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- Vasilis Nikolaou
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Crete
- Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry
- Heraklion, Crete
- Greece
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Crete
- Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry
- Heraklion, Crete
- Greece
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- R&D Center for Engineering and Science
- JEC group of Colleges
- Jaipur Engineering College campus
- Jaipur (Raj.) 303101
- India
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Efficient Solar Cells Sensitized by Porphyrins with an Extended Conjugation Framework and a Carbazole Donor: From Molecular Design to Cosensitization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:10779-83. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201406190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Revised: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Wang Y, Chen B, Wu W, Li X, Zhu W, Tian H, Xie Y. Efficient Solar Cells Sensitized by Porphyrins with an Extended Conjugation Framework and a Carbazole Donor: From Molecular Design to Cosensitization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201406190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Yella A, Mai CL, Zakeeruddin SM, Chang SN, Hsieh CH, Yeh CY, Grätzel M. Molecular Engineering of Push-Pull Porphyrin Dyes for Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: The Role of Benzene Spacers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201309343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Yella A, Mai CL, Zakeeruddin SM, Chang SN, Hsieh CH, Yeh CY, Grätzel M. Molecular engineering of push-pull porphyrin dyes for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells: the role of benzene spacers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:2973-7. [PMID: 24501108 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201309343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2013] [Revised: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Porphyrins have drawn much attention as sensitizers owing to the large absorption coefficients of their Soret and Q bands in the visible region. In a donor and acceptor zinc porphyrin we applied a new strategy of introducing 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (BTD) as a π-conjugated linker between the anchoring group and the porphyrin chromophore to broaden the absorption spectra to fill the valley between the Soret and Q bands. With this novel approach, we observed 12.75% power-conversion efficiency under simulated one-sun illumination (AM1.5G, 100 mW cm(-2)). In this study, we showed the importance of introducing the phenyl group as a spacer between the BTD and the zinc porphyrin in achieving high power-conversion efficiencies. Time-resolved fluorescence, transient-photocurrent-decay, and transient-photovoltage-decay measurements were employed to determine the electron-injection dynamics and the lifetime of the photogenerated charge carriers.
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- Aswani Yella
- Laboratory for Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)
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Xue X, Zhang W, Zhang N, Ju C, Peng X, Yang Y, Liang Y, Feng Y, Zhang B. Effect of the length of the alkyl chains in porphyrin meso-substituents on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra46212a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Chen B, Li X, Wu W, Zha Q, Xie Y. A novel trigeminal zinc porphyrin and corresponding porphyrin monomers for dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra45791e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Sun X, Wang Y, Li X, Ågren H, Zhu W, Tian H, Xie Y. Cosensitizers for simultaneous filling up of both absorption valleys of porphyrins: a novel approach for developing efficient panchromatic dye-sensitized solar cells. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:15609-12. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc07963a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cosensitizers were designed for simultaneous filling up of both absorption valleys of porphyrins, achieving a high cosensitized DSSC efficiency of 10.75%.
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- Xi Sun
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology
- School of Biotechnology KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology
- School of Biotechnology KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Stockholm, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai, P. R. China
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Wang Y, Xu L, Wei X, Li X, Ågren H, Wu W, Xie Y. 2-Diphenylaminothiophene as the donor of porphyrin sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. NEW J CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4nj00651h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Four porphyrin dyes containing 2-diphenylaminothiophene were synthesized, and the 4-ethynylbenzoic acid based dye YQ1 exhibited the highest efficiency of 6.01%.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yueqiang Wang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai, P. R. China
| | - Lu Xu
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai, P. R. China
| | - Xiaodong Wei
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai, P. R. China
| | - Xin Li
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology
- School of Biotechnology KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Hans Ågren
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology
- School of Biotechnology KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Wenjun Wu
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai, P. R. China
| | - Yongshu Xie
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai, P. R. China
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