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4,9-Dihydro-4,4,9,9-tetrahexyl-s-indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b']dithiophene as a π-spacer of donor-π-acceptor dye and its photovoltaic performance with liquid and solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells.
Liping Cai,Thomas Moehl,Soo-Jin Moon,Jean-David Decoppet,Robin Humphry-Baker,Zhaosheng Xue,Liu Bin,Shaik M. Zakeeruddin,Michael Grätzel +8 more
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A detailed investigation, including transient photocurrent/photovoltage decay measurements and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy data, provide important conclusions about the influence of electrolytes on the photovoltaic parameters.About:
This article is published in Organic Letters.The article was published on 2014-01-03. It has received 40 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Dye-sensitized solar cell & Ionic liquid.read more
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Simplified synthetic routes for low cost and high photovoltaic performance n-type organic semiconductor acceptors.
Xiaojun Li,Fei Pan,Chenkai Sun,Ming Zhang,Zhiwei Wang,Jiaqi Du,Jing Wang,Min Xiao,Min Xiao,Lingwei Xue,Zhi-Guo Zhang,Chunfeng Zhang,Chunfeng Zhang,Feng Liu,Yongfang Li,Yongfang Li +15 more
TL;DR: A simplified synthetic route for the state-of-the-art acceptors of MO-IDIC-2F will be a promising low cost acceptor for commercial application of PSCs and bring down their cost by more than 15%.
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Rational Design of Small Molecular Donor for Solution‐Processed Organic Photovoltaics with 8.1% Efficiency and High Fill Factor via Multiple Fluorine Substituents and Thiophene Bridge
Jin-Liang Wang,Qing-Ru Yin,Jingsheng Miao,Zhuo Wu,Zheng-Feng Chang,Yue Cao,Ru-Bo Zhang,Jie-Yu Wang,Hongbin Wu,Yong Cao +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, a series of tetrafluorine-substituted small molecules with a D1-A,D2-A-D1 linear framework based on indacenodithiophene and difluorobenzothiadiazole is designed and synthesized for application as donor materials in solution-processed small-molecule organic solar cells.
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Sensitizers with rigidified-aromatics as the conjugated spacers for dye-sensitized solar cells
TL;DR: In this article, a review of metal-free dye sensitizers having rigidifed-aromatics as the conjugated spacers for application in DSSCs is presented.
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Organic dyes containing dithieno[2,3-d:2 ',3 '-d ']-thieno[3,2-b:3 ',2 '-b ']dipyrrole core for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells
TL;DR: In this article, two new triarylamine-cyanoacrylic acid based push-pull dyes, X76 and X77, featuring the π-conjugated linkers of dihexyl- and dihexyno[2,3-d:2′,3′-d′]thieno[3,2-b:3′,2′-b′]dipyrrole (DTDP), respectively, were investigated.
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Novel triphenylamine donors with carbazole moieties for organic sensitizers toward cobalt(II/III) redox mediators.
TL;DR: A series of D-π-A organic dyes, X72-75, containing novel triarylamine electron donors, using X72 with the cobalt(II/III) redox shuttle resulted in an overall power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 9.18%, outperforming the state-of-the-art dye C218 under the same conditions.
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Porphyrin-Sensitized Solar Cells with Cobalt (II/III)–Based Redox Electrolyte Exceed 12 Percent Efficiency
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Metal-Free Organic Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: From Structure: Property Relationships to Design Rules
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