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Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of new [1,2,5]thiadiazolo[3,4-c] pyridine-based organic Broadly absorbing sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

  • Weijiang Ying
  • , Xiaoyu Zhang
  • , Xin Li
  • , Wenjun Wu
  • , Fuling Guo
  • , Jing Li*
  • , Hans Ågren
  • , Jianli Hua
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, by introducing [1,2,5]thiadiazolo[3,4-c]pyridine (PT) as an auxiliary acceptor into the molecular design of organic sensitizers, we have synthesized four new dyes (PT1-PT4) for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with triphenylamine or N,N-diphenylthiophen-2-amine as the donor units and thiophene or benzene as the π-bridges, respectively. All the structures, optical and electrochemical properties were fully characterized. Nanocrystalline TiO 2 dye-sensitized solar cells were also fabricated using these dyes. Among them, PT2-based DSSCs showed the highest overall conversion efficiency of 6.11% with Voc=668 mV, Jsc=12.61 mA cm-2 and a fill factor (FF)=0.74 after a chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) treatment under standard illumination condition (100 mW cm-2 simulated AM 1.5 solar light).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3901-3908
Number of pages8
JournalTetrahedron
Volume70
Issue number25
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Jun 2014
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

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  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Dye-sensitized solar cells
  • N,N-Diphenylthiophen-2-amine
  • Sensitizer
  • [1,2,5]Thiadiazolo[3,4-c]pyridine

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