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N-Heterotriangulene chromophores with 4-pyridyl anchors for dye-sensitized solar cells†

Ute Meinhardt,a   Fabian Lodermeyer,b   Tobias A. Schaub,a   Andreas Kunzmann,b   Pavlo O. Dral,c   Anna Chiara Sale,a   Frank Hampel,a   Dirk M. Guldi,*b   Ruben D. Costa*b  and  Milan Kivala*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestraße 42, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
E-mail: milan.kivala@fau.de

b Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
E-mail: dirk.guldi@fau.de, ruben.costa@fau.de

c Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

Abstract

A series of dimethylmethylene-bridged N-heterotriangulenes decorated with one, two, and three electron-withdrawing 4-pyridyls were synthesized. Their photophysical and electrochemical characteristics were examined and their successful application in n-type TiO2- and ZnO-based dye-sensitized solar cells demonstrated the ability of the 4-pyridyl moiety to act as an anchor.

Graphical abstract: N-Heterotriangulene chromophores with 4-pyridyl anchors for dye-sensitized solar cells

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA14799B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Jun 2016
Accepted
10 Jul 2016
First published
20 Jul 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 67372-67377

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N-Heterotriangulene chromophores with 4-pyridyl anchors for dye-sensitized solar cells

U. Meinhardt, F. Lodermeyer, T. A. Schaub, A. Kunzmann, P. O. Dral, A. C. Sale, F. Hampel, D. M. Guldi, R. D. Costa and M. Kivala, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 67372 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA14799B

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