Dithiafulvenyl unit as a new donor for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells: Synthesis and demonstration of a family of metal-free organic sensitizers.
作者：K. P. Guo, K. Y. Yan, X. Q. Lu, Y. C. Qiu, Z. K. Liu, J. W. Sun, F. Yan, W. Y. Guo, S. H. Yang.
關鍵字：Dithiafulvenyl uni,dye-sensitized solar cells
論文來源：期刊
具體來源：Org. Lett.
發表時間：2012年
This work identifies the dithiafulvenyl unit as an excellent electron donor for constructing D?π–A-type metal-free organic sensitizers of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). Synthesized and tested are three sensitizers all with this donor and a cyanoacrylic acid acceptor but differing in the phenyl (DTF-C1), biphenyl (DTF-C2), and phenyl–thiopheneyl–phenyl π-bridges (DTF-C3). Devices based on these dyes exhibit a dramatically improved performance with the increasing π-bridge length, culminating with DTF-C3 in η = 8.29% under standard global AM 1.5 illumination.