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Chemical Communications

A benzothiazole–cyclopentadithiophene bridged D–A–π–A sensitizer with enhanced light absorption for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells†

Xingzhu Wang,a   Jing Yang,a   Hao Yu,b   Feng Li,a   Li Fan,a   Wen Sun,b   Yeru Liu,a   Zhen Yu Koh,a   Jiahong Pan,a   Wai-Leung Yim,c   Lei Yan*b  and  Qing Wang*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NUSNNI-NanoCore, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore
E-mail: qing.wang@nus.edu.sg
Fax: +65 6776-3604

b College of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology of Ministry of Education, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan Hunan Province, P. R. China
E-mail: yanlei@xtu.edu.cn

c Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, 1 Fusionopolis Way, No. 16-16 Connexis, Singapore

Abstract

We demonstrate an efficient D–A–π–A sensitizer with a benzothiazole–cyclopentadithiophene moiety as the spacer in a triphenylamine organic dye for dye-sensitized solar cells. The dye has a broad visible light absorption range up to 800 nm. A power conversion efficiency >9% has been achieved using a [Co(bpy)3]2+/3+-based electrolyte.

Graphical abstract: A benzothiazole–cyclopentadithiophene bridged D–A–π–A sensitizer with enhanced light absorption for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC00577E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Jan 2014
Accepted
21 Feb 2014
First published
21 Feb 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 3965-3968

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A benzothiazole–cyclopentadithiophene bridged D–A–π–A sensitizer with enhanced light absorption for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

X. Wang, J. Yang, H. Yu, F. Li, L. Fan, W. Sun, Y. Liu, Z. Y. Koh, J. Pan, W. Yim, L. Yan and Q. Wang, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 3965 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00577E

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