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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2014-01-01

Journal:RSC ADVANCES

Included Journals:SCIE、EI、Scopus

Volume:4

Issue:65

Page Number:34644-34648

ISSN No.:2046-2069

Abstract:Two metal-free organic dyes with triphenylamide (TPA) as the donor group and pyridinium (m-carboxyl-N-methylpyridinium and N-methylcarboxylpyridinium) as the acceptor and anchoring group have been synthesized for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). A systematic investigation of the relationship between the structures and physical, electrochemical and photovoltaic properties has been conducted. The devices sensitized by TJ101 which employed m-carboxyl-N-methylpyridinium as the acceptor group has achieved a conversion efficiency of 5.4% (J(sc) = 10.8 mA cm(-2), V-oc = 680 mV, FF = 74.2%) under AM 1.5 irradiation. In contrast, much lower efficiency of 4.0% was obtained when a reference dye TJ101R with m-carboxylpyridine as the acceptor group was employed as a sensitizer.