Stable dyes containing double acceptors without COOH as anchors for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Jiangyi Mao; Nannan He; Zhijun Ning; Qiong Zhang; Fuling Guo; Long Chen; Wenjun Wu; Jianli Hua; He Tian

doi:10.1002/anie.201204948

Stable dyes containing double acceptors without COOH as anchors for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Sep 24;51(39):9873-6. doi: 10.1002/anie.201204948. Epub 2012 Aug 31.

Authors

Jiangyi Mao¹, Nannan He, Zhijun Ning, Qiong Zhang, Fuling Guo, Long Chen, Wenjun Wu, Jianli Hua, He Tian

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.

PMID: 22936649
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201204948

Abstract

The electron acceptor 2-(1,1-dicyanomethylene) rhodanine is a promising alternative to cyanoacrylic acid as an anchoring group for organic dyes. For example, the RD-II-based dye-sensitized solar cell has an overall conversion efficiency of 7.11 % and long-term stability.