Citation: Xie Yan, Han Liang, Ge Cheng-Sheng, Cui Yan-Hong, Gao Jian-Rong. Novel organic dye sensitizers containing fluorenyl and biphenyl moieties for solar cells[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2017, 28(2): 285-292. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2016.06.042 shu

Novel organic dye sensitizers containing fluorenyl and biphenyl moieties for solar cells

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College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Quzhou University, Quzhou 324000, China

Corresponding author: Gao Jian-Rong, gjrarticle@163.com
Received Date: 3 May 2016
Revised Date: 3 June 2016
Accepted Date: 13 June 2016
Available Online: 2 February 2016

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Three novel triarylamine dyes (AFL1-AFL3) containing fluorenyl and the biphenyl moieties have been designed and synthesized for application in dye-sensitized solar cells. The light-harvesting capabilities and photovoltaic performance of these dyes were investigated systematically through comparison of different π-bridges. The dye with a furan linker exhibited a higher open-circuit voltage (V_OC) and monochromatic incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) compared to thiophene and benzene linker. Thus, AFL3 containing a furan linker exhibited the maximum overall conversion efficiency of 5.81% (V_OC=760 mV, J_SC=11.36 mA cm^-2 and ff=0.68) under standard global AM 1.5 G solar condition.
- Dye-sensitized solar cells,
- Triarylamine,
- Fluorenyl,
- Biphenyl,
- Furan bridge,
- Photovoltaic performance
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