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Dithieno[2,3-d;2′,3′-d′]benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b′]dithiophene based organic sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

  • Xin Guo
  • , Hoi Nok Tsao
  • , Peng Gao
  • , Debin Xia
  • , Cunbin An
  • , Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
  • , Martin Baumgarten
  • , Michael Grätzel*
  • , Klaus Müllen
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

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Abstract

We report two novel D-π-A type organic dyes with a coplanar dithieno[2,3-d;2′,3′-d′]benzo[1,2 b;4,5-b′]dithiophene (DTBDT) as π-spacer for dye-sensitized solar cells. A best device performance with a power conversion efficiency of 6.32% is achieved, making DTBDT unit a promising building block for design of organic sensitizers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)54130-54133
Number of pages4
JournalRSC Advances
Volume4
Issue number96
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

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