Organic dyes containing furan moiety for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Org Lett. 2009 Jan 1;11(1):97-100. doi: 10.1021/ol8025236.

Abstract

New metal-free dyes with a furan moiety in the conjugated spacer between the arylamine donor and the 2-cyanoacrylic acid acceptor have been synthesized, and high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells were fabricated using these molecules as light-harvesting sensitizers.

MeSH terms

  • Amines / chemical synthesis
  • Amines / chemistry*
  • Amines / radiation effects
  • Cyanoacrylates / chemical synthesis
  • Cyanoacrylates / chemistry*
  • Cyanoacrylates / radiation effects
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemical synthesis
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • Fluorescent Dyes / radiation effects
  • Furans / chemistry*
  • Furans / radiation effects
  • Light
  • Models, Chemical
  • Molecular Structure
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Solar Energy*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Amines
  • Cyanoacrylates
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Furans