Metal-free organic chromophores featuring an ethynyl-thienothiophene linker with an n-hexyl chain for translucent dye-sensitized solar cellsopen access
- Authors
- Lim, Dong-Suk; Park, Kwang-Won; Wiles, Alan A.; Hong, Jongin
- Issue Date
- Jun-2019
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Keywords
- Computational chemistry; Dye-sensitized solar cell; Ethynyl-thienothiophene; Photosensitizer
- Citation
- Materials, v.12, no.11
- Journal Title
- Materials
- Volume
- 12
- Number
- 11
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/33195
- DOI
- 10.3390/ma12111741
- ISSN
- 1996-1944
- Abstract
- We report the simple synthesis of two organic chromophores featuring an ethynyl-thienothiophene linker with an n-hexyl chain (CSD-03 and CSD-04), their optical and electrochemical properties, and their use as photosensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Our theoretical and experimental studies show that adding the second thienothiophene allows for narrowing the bandgap of the molecule and thus ensuring more light harvesting in the visible region. The efficiencies of both CSD-03 (5.46 ± 0.03%) and CSD-04 (5.20 ± 0.03%) are comparable to that of N719 (5.92 ± 0.01%) in translucent DSSCs fabricated with 5 μm-thick TiO2 photoanodes. © 2019 by the authors.
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