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Synthesis of multi-donor dyes and influence of molecular design on dye-sensitized solar cells
Keerthi, Ashok,Chua, Ming Hui,Timothy Chan, Thuang Yuan,Liu, Yeru,Wang, Qing,Valiyaveettil, Suresh
, p. 51807 - 51815 (2016)
Multi-donor incorporated organic dyes were designed and synthesized and their structure-property relationship was investigated in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). Five N,N-disubstituted aniline donor groups along with carbazole and thiophene secondary donors were combined into the (D)n-π-A design with cyanoacrylic acid as the acceptor. The dyes showed broad absorption bands with absorption maxima in the range of 470-485 nm and optical band gap around 1.94-2.37 eV. Our results indicate that incorporation of bulky groups and bent-type architecture helps to improve the performance of DSCs.